chemical-weapons

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-6222 Christopher Charles Perez v. United States Fifth Circuit 2022-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 18-usc-1038 18-usc-175 biological-weapons bond-v-united-states chemical-weapons federalism How is a court to determine whether Congress has clearly indicated that a federal statute should reach criminal conduct that is the traditional respon…
18-1253 Brian Mark Burmaster v. Switzerland Third Circuit 2019-03-29 Denied 18-usc-229 asset-seizure chemical-weapon chemical-weapons civil-rights diplomatic-immunity due-process embassy-contact extradition federal-statute international-law international-terrorism standing swiss-assets terrorism uncontested-proceedings writ-of-certiorari Whether the Supreme Court should punish Switzerland for an alleged chemical weapon attack on a U.S. citizen by enforcing a lien on Swiss assets, despi…