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Bancoult v. McNamara

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Bancoult v. McNamara
CourtUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Full case name Olivier Bancoult, et al. v. Robert S. McNamara, et al.
ArguedFebruary 16, 2006
DecidedApril 21, 2006
Citation445 F.3d 427
Case history
Prior historyInjunction denied, 227 F. Supp. 2d 144 (D.D.C. 2002); dismissed, 370 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004).
Subsequent historyCert. denied, 549 U.S. 1166 (2007).
Court membership
Judges sittingDavid S. Tatel, Janice Rogers Brown, Thomas B. Griffith
Case opinions
MajorityBrown, joined by unanimous

Bancoult v. McNamara, 445 F.3d 427 (D.C. Cir. 2006), was a legal case in which Olivier Bancoult sued Robert McNamara, the former United States Secretary of Defense, challenging the removal of Chagosians from Diego Garcia when the United States of America built a military base in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the case raised nonjusticiable political questions and dismissed the case.

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