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· 6/8/1981

Imelda Contreras De Avilia, Fidel Ocampoocampo, Candelario Escobar De Ocampo, and Cross-Appellants v. Benjamin Civiletti, and Cross-Appellees

Citations

  • 643 F.2d 471

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that DOS is responsible for administering provisions relating to numerical limits on immigration, such as issuing immigrant visas
  • determining there is “no vested right in the issuance of a visa”
  • Department of State interpretation of another provision of the 1976 amendments must be sustained “unless there are compelling indications that it is wrong.”
  • “Visa applicants have no vested right in the issuance of visas”
  • “Visa applicants have no vested right in the issuance of visas”

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Judges: Cummings, Wood, Bartels

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