Bancoult v. McNamara, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, April 21, 2006 [ruling that the federal courts were not authorized to grant compensation to the Chagossians, a group of Indian Ocean islanders forced from their homes in 1963 when the US Department of Defense cleared the island of Diego Garcia to develop a US military base]. Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.