Legal Opinion
Tim Lok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 4, 1977No. 551, Docket 76-4204PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
We have had occasion to note the striking resemblance between some of the laws we are called upon to interpret and King Minos’s labyrinth in ancient Crete. The Tax Laws and the Immigration and Nationality Acts are examples we have cited of Congress’s ingenuity in passing statutes certain to accelerate the aging process of judges. In this instance, Congress, pursuant to its virtually unfettered power to exclude or deport natives of other countries, and apparently confident of the aphorism that human skill, properly applied, can resolve any enigma that human…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- National Labor Relations Board v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Ernest Francis v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- John Winston Ono Lennon v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Noel v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by97 opinions
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- Enrique Cuevas-Gaspar v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
- Bautista Castillo-Felix v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- LOKBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1981
- Tim Lok v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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