Legal Opinion
Teresa De Jesus Castillo-Villagra v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1992No. 90-70618PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This case turns on the breadth of the doctrine of administrative notice. We grant a petition for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals and reverse, because the Board improperly took notice of the effect of the change of government in Nicaragua on whether petitioners’ fear of persecution was well-founded.
Teresa de Jesus Castillo-Villagra and her two adult daughters unsuccessfully sought asylum. They claimed that they had a well-founded fear of persecution by the Sandinistas because of their anti-Sandinista political opinions. While their case…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. DohertySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Marcello v. BondsSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by157 opinions
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