United States Fifth Circuit

For extraterritorial application of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, Fifth Amendment due process does not require a nexus between a foreign citizen and the U.S., where the flag nation for his vessel "has consented or waived objection to the enforcement" of US law by the US.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2002
• Published 05/14/2002

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven N. Siegel, Teresa Ann Wallbaum (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Narcotics & Dangerous Drug Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mitchell B. Lansden (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.