Legal Opinion

Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Napolitano

District Court, E.D. California

Decided November 15, 2011No. CIV.S-86-1343 LKK/JFMPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

This class action addressed the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s improper decision to turn away certain applicants for legalization during a one-year period from 1987 to 1988. The court approved the parties’ settlement agreement in January 2004. On December 14, 2009, 2009 WL 4928377, the court issued an order that, inter alia, granted plaintiffs’ motion to enforce the settlement agreement because the defendants had relied upon a 1991 abandonment regulation to deny the legalization applications of some *1062class members, in violation of the…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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  4. Shalala v. SchaeferSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human ResourcesSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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