Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Abudu

INS v. Abudu
INS v. Abudu
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 1, 1987; Decided March 1, 1988
Full case name	Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Abudu
Citations	485 U.S. 94 (more)
Case history
Prior	Denial of motion to reopen deportation proceedings affirmed by Board of Immigration Appeals. Judgment reversed by Ninth Circuit, 802 F.2d 1096 (9th Cir. 1986). Cert. granted, 480 U.S. 937 (1987).
Subsequent	None
Holding
	Federal courts of appeals must review denials of motions to reopen immigration proceedings for abuse of discretion.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinion
Majority	Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, White
	Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
	8 C.F.R. § 208.11

INS v. Abudu, 485 U.S. 94 (1988),

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