Legal Opinion
J. Jesus Faustino Aguilar-Ayala v. Cecilio Ruiz, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1992No. 91-2848PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The government, in its campaign against the unlawful entry into the United States by foreign nationals, had deployed a practice of detaining certain aliens as material witnesses for the criminal prosecution of those persons charged with transporting them across the border. The detained aliens, unable to reach an armistice with the government, returned fire with this lawsuit, contending that the government’s operation of detaining them indefinitely— rather than deposing and releasing them— violated United States statutory and constitutional law. With the assistance of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 819, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,831 James E. Crawford v. Western Electric Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Zulema De La Garza Perales, Cross-Appellants v. Richard Casillas, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by43 opinions
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