Supreme Court rejects maritime piracy petitions

[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] denied certiorari [order list, PDF] in two cases Tuesday that dealt with federal maritime piracy law [JURIST news archive]. The court denied Dire v. United States [cert. petition, PDF; docket] and Said v. United States [cert. petition, PDF; docket], both decided in May of last year [JURIST report], opting not to rule on the application of a 1790 federal law, piracy under law of nations [18 USC § 1651 text] to modern Somali...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/01/supreme-court-rejects-maritime-piracy-petitions.php

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