Louis v. Nelson
District Court, S.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL JUDGMENT 1
SPELLMAN, District Judge.
The above-styled cause is a class action brought to challenge the Defendants’ policy of detaining Haitian nationals pending resolution of their claims for admission to the United States. 2 The Plaintiffs herein are the Haitian Refugee Center, Inc., Lucien Louis, Wilner Luberisse, Jean Louis Servebien, Pierre Silien, Serge Verdieu, Milfort Vilgard, Joel Casimir, Job Dessin and Prophete Talleyvand, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated. The class certified by the Court consists of:
All Haitian aliens who have arrived in the Southern…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Ignacio F. Lewis-Mota v. The Secretary of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Kelly v. United States Department of the InteriorDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1972
- United States Ex Rel. Parco v. MorrisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. JeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Marie Lucie Jean v. Alan C. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Jean v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Marie Lucie Jean, Lucien Louis, Cross-Appellants, State of Florida, Intervenor-Appellant v. Alan C. Nelson, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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