Legal Opinion
CIENFUEGOS
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1979No. ID 2746PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #2746 MATTER OF CIENFUEGOS In Deportation Proceedings A.-22123177 Decided by Board December 20, 1979 (1) The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in its decision in Brea-Garcia v. INS,
531 F.2d 693
(3 Cir. 1976), adopted a test to define "adultery" which refers exclusively to the definition contained in state civil law. (2) Insofar as Matter of Trajillo,151&NDec. 453 (BIA 1977), implies that a definition of adultery other than that found in state civil law is applicable in the Third Circuit, that case is over-ruled. (3) Matter of P—,
7 I&N Dec. 376
(BIA 1956), is modified to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Arturo Ascencio Mendez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- LAMBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1972
- Rafael Antonio Brea-Garcia v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (By Its District Director at Newark, New Jersey)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- PALMABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1973
- Pedro Tenorio-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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