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ABBOTT v. ABBOTT

No. 08-645.

130 S.Ct. 1983 (2010)

560 U.S. 1

Timothy Mark Cameron ABBOTT, Petitioner, v. Jacquelyn Vaye ABBOTT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Howe, Bethesda, MD, for petitioner.

Ginger Anders, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court, supporting petitioner.

Karl E. Hays, Austin, TX, for respondent.

Pamela S. Karlan, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, Amy Howe, Counsel of Record, Kevin K. Russell, Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC.

Karl E. Hays, Counsel of Record, Law Offices of Karl E. Hays, Austin, TX, of Counsel: Stephanos Bibas, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen B. Kinnaird, Alexander M.R. Lyon, Igor V. Timofeyev, Sean D. Unger, Elizabeth A. Stevens, Rachel L. Ricker, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent Jacquelyn Vaye Abbott.

Justice KENNEDY delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents, as it has from its inception in the United States District Court, a question of interpretation under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (Convention), Oct. 24, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99-11. The United States is a contracting state to the Convention; and Congress has implemented its provisions through the International Child Abduction...

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