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· 9/26/1986

Li Hing of Hong Kong, Inc., and Yee Lee Soon v. Burton Levin, Counsel General of the United States of America for Hong Kong

Citations

  • 800 F.2d 970
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 31265

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an alien’s lawsuit challenging the denial of his visa application was non-reviewable and subject to dismissal
  • noting “a limited exception to the doctrine where the denial of a visa implicates the constitutional rights of American citizens”
  • \[I]t has been consistently held that the consular official's decision to issue or withhold a visa is not subject either to administrative or judicial review.\
  • “[I]t has been consistently held that the consular official’s decision to issue or withhold a visa is not subject either to administrative or judicial review.”
  • “[A] U.S. citizen raising a constitutional challenge to the denial of a visa is entitled to a limited judicial inquiry regarding the reason for the decision.”
  • “…[I]t has been consistently 12 held that the consular official's decision to issue or withhold a visa is not subject either to 13 administrative or judicial review.”

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Judges: Anderson, Poole, Thompson

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