Legal Opinion
Haitian Refugee Center v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1982No. 80-5683PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
On May 9, 1979, eight black Haitian nationals and the Haitian Refugee Center (HRC), an unincorporated association seeking to assist Haitians in this country, filed a class action in federal district court on behalf of over 4,000 Haitians in the south Florida area who had sought political asylum in the United States.1 Named as defendants were the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and the District Director of Office No. 6 of the INS in Miami, Florida.
The complaint, framed in sixteen…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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3Cited by103 opinions
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