Legal Opinion
Drax v. Reno
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 4, 2003No. Docket No. 02-2047PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.
This case vividly illustrates the labyrinthine character of modern immigration law- — a maze of hyper-technical statutes and regulations that engender waste, delay, and confusion for the Government and petitioners alike. The inscrutability of the current immigration law system, and the interplay of the numerous amendments and alterations to that system by Congress during the pendency of this case, have spawned years of litigation, generated two separate opinions by the District Court, *100and consumed significant resources of this Court. With regret and…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Almendarez-Torres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. YeskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. BagamasbadSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. Martha Stewart and Peter BacanovicCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Alexis Milton Edwards v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Eva Trinidad Falconi v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- BLAKEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2005
- Jellal Benslimane v. Alberto R. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Rodriguez v. GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
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