Legal Opinion

Santiago v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided October 31, 1975No. Nos. 73-2497, 73-2499, 73-2498 and 73-2462PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before CHAMBERS, KOELSCH, BROWNING, DUNIWAY, ELY, HUFSTEDLER, WRIGHT, TRASK, CHOY, GOODWIN, WALLACE, SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge:

These four cases present the question whether, on the particular facts of each, the action of an immigration officer in admitting an otherwise excludable alien estops the Government from asserting such excludability at entry as a basis for deportation. We hold estoppel to be unavailable in each case.

The petitioner in each case was granted an immigrant visa under 8 U.S.C. § 1153(a)(9) as the husband or child of a person entitled to…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. MerrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service v. HibiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. United States v. Georgia-Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. United States v. Ruby Company, a Utah CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  2. Michele Portmann, Doing Business as Grafica, an Individual v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Jerome Jablon, M.D. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
  4. Dipankar Mukherjee, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  5. Theodore S. Cooper v. Griffin B. BellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980

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