Legal Opinion
Acosta v. Gaffney
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 6, 1977No. 76-2094PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (herein “INS”) acting through its district director, the nominal defendant, appeals from the district court’s May 12, 1976 order reversing the INS’ orders of deportation and denial of stay of deportation of the alien plaintiffs. The facts of the case are not in dispute and will be briefly stated.
Carlos Acosta, a native and citizen of the Republic of Colombia, was admitted to the United States October 21, 1972 as a nonim-migrant visitor authorized to remain in the United States until October 31,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Schneider v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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