Legal Opinion
Haitian Refugee Center v. Civiletti
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided July 2, 1980No. 79-2086-Civ-JLKPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction 450
A. Limits of Immigration Law 452
B. Asylum Rights: Substantive 453
C. Asylum Rights: Procedural 454
II. Threshold Legal Issues 456
A. Jurisdiction 457
B. Justiciability 461
1. Mootness 462
2. Timing of Judicial Review 467
3. Political Question 470
4. Standing 473
III. Conditions in Haiti 474
A. Haitian Refugees: Treatment on Return 476
1. A Pattern of Persecution 476
2. The State Department Report 482
a. Composition of the Study Team 486
b. The Sample 487
c. Assurances to Returnees 488
d. The Interviews 491
e. Conclusion 492
B. Haitian…
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3Cited by40 opinions
- In the Matter of Fritz Desir v. David N. Ilchert, District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Haitian Refugee Center v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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