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· 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

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  • 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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