· 9/23/1988
Ellett v. Johnson
Citations
- 236 Va. 190
- 5 Va. Law Rep. 622
- 372 S.E.2d 153
- 1988 Va. LEXIS 117
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding denial of 12 humanitarian asylum to petitioner who was beaten and harassed 13 on six occasions
- “[C]ourts must be cautious—except when defects are obvious on the face of a proffer—not to exclude debatable scientific evidence without affording the proponent of the evidence adequate opportunity to defend its admissibility”
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Judges: Thomas
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