Legal Opinion
Barmo v. Reno
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 13, 1995No. Civ. A. 94-7808PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.
Defendant moves to dismiss Plaintiffs complaint, which challenges the constitutionality of § 204(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1154(e). 1 That statutory provision bars approval of any immigrant visa petition filed on behalf of an alien who previously has been accorded or has sought to be accorded “immediate relative” status under the immigration laws by reason of a marriage determined by the Attorney General to have been fraudulent. Plaintiff attacks § 1154(c) on substantive due process grounds under the Fifth…
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- Reno v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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