Legal Opinion
Vigile v. Sava
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 5, 1982No. 81 Civ. 7372 (RLC), 81 Civ. 7371 (RLC)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.
These consolidated petitions for writ of habeas corpus were filed by eight Haitians who arrived in Florida between June and early July 1981. Along with 78 of their countrymen and women, petitioners were transferred from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”) Krome Avenue facility in Miami to the Service Processing Center (“SPC”), an immigration detention facility in Brooklyn, New York. They have been incarcerated at the SPC to the present date.
All eight petitioners have applied for political asylum in this country. All have been subject to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Joseph Bertrand v. Charles Sava, Laissez-Moi Vigile v. Charles SavaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Singh v. NelsonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Jean v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Joseph Bertrand v. Charles Sava, Laissez-Moi Vigile v. Charles SavaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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