Legal Opinion
Kun Young Kim v. District Director of the U. S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1978No. 77-1637PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge:
Kun Young Kim has appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his petition for review of a decision of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) denying Kim’s application for nonimmigrant status as a “treaty investor” under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(E)(ii) on the ground that Kim’s investment was not substantial, but was “in a marginal enterprise solely for the purpose of earning a living”. We affirm.
Factual Background
Kim, a citizen of the Republic of Korea, came to the United States in 1970 as a visitor. He later received student nonimmigrant status.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Factor v. LaubenheimerSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Kolovrat v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Cynthia Asuncion v. District Director of the United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Soo Yuen v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- UDGAWABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1974
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Kyung Woon Choi v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Egil D. Lauvik v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Patel v. MinnixCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
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