Legal Opinion
Garri Karapetian v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 9, 1998No. 97-2218, 97-3953PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is entrusted with wide latitude to determine the fate of those who desire to settle in our country, and its judgments are given great deference by the federal courts. INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481, 112 S.Ct. 812, 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992). For most foreign nationals, the judgment of the BIA as a practical matter usually amounts to the final word on their hopes for living in the United States, although its decisions are not wholly discretionary for aliens lawfully in this country. Perhaps it is partly due to its…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-ZacariasSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Calderon v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- CERNABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1991
- Velarde v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Samer Mansour v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Peter Toptchev and Tania Toptcheva v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- Anin v. RenoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Mei Dan Liu v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Walentyna Korniejew v. John D. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
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