Legal Opinion
Kuli Haapai Kaho, Valeti Kaho and Tupou Kaho v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1985No. 83-2534PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
David N. Ilchert, San Francisco District Director for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, (Ilchert), appeals from the district court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of Kuli Haapai Kaho and his adopted daughters and remanding the ease to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for a determination whether there was a bona fide customary adoption of Valeti and Tupuo Kaho by Kuli Haapai Kaho. We must decide whether the district court erred in conducting a de novo review on the validity of customary adoptions under Tongan law and whether…
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