Gonzales raid ruling [US DC]

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Gonzales raid ruling [US DC]

May 8, 2005 08:48:00 am

Dalrymple v. US, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, US District Judge Michael Moore, May 6, 2005 [ruling that federal agents who seized Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez during a 2000 raid did not use excessive force by firing tear gas]. Read the findings of fact and conclusions of law [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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