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Supreme Court of the United States, 1996

United States Department of State v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc.

United States Department of State v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 21, 1996 · Per Curiam
519 U.S. 1; 117 S. Ct. 378; 136 L. Ed. 2d 1; 1996 U.S. LEXIS 6557; 65 U.S.L.W. 4001; 96 Daily Journal DAR 12743; 10 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 194; 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7727 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Acting, Solicitor General Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Michael Jay Singer, and Robert M. Loeb., Daniel Wo If argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs were William R. Stein and Robert B. Jobe.

United States Department of State v. Legal Assistance for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers, Inc.

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for further consideration in light of § 633 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (enacted as Division C of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-701).

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