Legal Opinion
Thomas C. Pollgreen v. Raymond A. Morris, District Director of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 17, 1985No. 84-5217PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Nineteen vessel owners, managing agents, and Captains (“vessel owners”) of thirty fishing vessels participated in the “Cuban Refugee Freedom Flotilla” from April through June 1980. After their vessels were seized and fines were exacted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“the agency”) the vessel owners challenged the agency’s actions in the district court. The agency determined that duress was not a defense to the fines imposed under 8 U.S.C. § 1323. The district court concluded that duress was indeed available in mitigation and proceeded to make a…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Camp v. PittsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Permann v. South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance DivisionSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
- United States v. Harold M. NewcombCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Zhou Hua Zhu v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013
- Pollgreen v. MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- 26 soc.sec.rep.ser. 3, Medicare&medicaid Gu 37,948 Texas Medical Association v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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