TIMERMAN COURT DECISION - 1979/09/28

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626800
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 28, 1979

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2. WE HAVE NOW BEEN OVER THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION
IN THE TIMERMAN CASE AND HAVE DISCUSSED IT BRIEFLY WITH
TIMERMAN'S LAWYER. IN SUM, IT WAS A NARROW DECISION
DIRECTED AT
VilIKAMOWOMMMINI/THE ILLEGALITY OF TIMERMAN'S DETENTION
RATHER THAN THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAWS UNDER
WHICH HE WAS DETAINED. IN THIS REGARD, IT FOLLOWED VERY
REF
CLOSELY THE REASONING SET FORTH IN/ A. WE ARE SUREt
HOWEVER6THAT LAWYERS HERE WILL TRY TO EXPLOIT THIS
DECISION TO FIND BROADER MEANING AND APPLICATION IN IT--
IN FACT THIS WAS CLEARLY IMPLIED TO US BY TIMERMAN'S LAWYER
WHO SAID "THEY THINK IT IS A NARROW DECISION BUT WE SHALL
SEE."
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DRAFTING DATE
9/28/79
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OPTIONAL FORM 153
(Formerly FS-413)
January 1975
Dept of State