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John D. ASHCROFT, former Attorney General, et al., petitioners, v. Ahmer Iqbal ABBASI, et al., 2017 — 137 S. Ct. 615 · caselaw · US
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John D. ASHCROFT, former Attorney General, et al., petitioners, v. Ahmer Iqbal ABBASI, et al.
137 S. Ct. 615196 L. Ed. 2d 492·Supreme Court of the United States·2017
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Opinion
John D. ASHCROFT, former Attorney General, et al., petitioners,
v.
Ahmer Iqbal ABBASI, et al.
No. 15-1359.
Supreme Court of the United States
Jan. 6, 2017.
Motion of petitioners for enlargement of time for oral argument and for divided argument is granted in part and denied in part and the time is divided as follows: 20 minutes for the Acting Solicitor General on behalf of petitioners in Nos. 15-1358 and 15-1359, 10 minutes for petitioners in No. 15-1363, and 30 minutes for respondents.
Justice SOTOMAYOR and Justice KAGAN took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.