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: Legal Ethics ForumJohn Yoo's motion to dismiss is mostly denied.
Via Volokh and Con Law Profs blog, here's the opinion mostly denying John Yoo's motion to dismiss claims by Jose Padilla. I haven't had a chance to study the opinion in depth, but I'm particularly interested in the court's analysis of causation, which begins at page 31 of the opinion. When I first read Padilla's complaint, it struck me that establishing causation might be difficult.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on June 13, 2009 (boomark / email).
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