· 7/12/2012
Wenfang Liu v. Timothy Mund
Citations
- 686 F.3d 418
- 2012 WL 2861886
- 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14223
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a sponsored immigrant has no duty to mitigate damages in a suit seeking to enforce an Affidavit of Support
- holding that the sponsored immigrant has no duty to mitigate
- holding affirmative defense of failure to mitigate damages not available to sponsors
- rejecting argument that the Affidavit of Support imposes on the sponsored immigrant a duty to mitigate damages
- explaining the “right of support conferred by federal law exists apart from whatever rights [a sponsored alien] might or might not have under [state] divorce law”
- rejecting argument that Affidavit imposes on sponsored immigrant a duty to mitigate damages
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Wood
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