Legal Opinion
MARTINEZ-ANGUIANO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Decided July 1, 1986No. ID 3016Published
1Opinion of the Court
Interim Decision #3016 MATTER OF MARTINEZ-ANGUIANO In Deportation Proceedings A-24747'737 Decided by Board July 8, 1986 (1) The Supreme Court's holding in INS v. Phinpathya,
464 U.S. 183
(1984), may be applied retroactively to cases pending at the time the Court rendered its decision. (2) The Supreme Court held in INS v. Phinpathya that the continuous physical pres- ence requirement of section. 244(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a) (1982), must be literally construed and that any absence from the United States during the 7-year period, however brief, casual, or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. PhinpathyaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Percy Briggs Wadman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- CHOULIARISBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1977
- Alfredo Bagues-Valles and Micaela Villa De Bagues v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Sombat Kamheangpatiyooth v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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