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Legal Citation: 504 U.S. 655 (1992)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
Dr. Humberto Alvarez-Machain

Petitioner's Claim
That U.S. courts have jurisdiction over internationally abducted criminal defendants when not taken in explicit violation of an extradition treaty.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Kenneth Winston Starr, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Paul L. Hoffman

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
15 June 1992

Decision
Upheld the United States claim and overturned two lower court's decisions...