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Immigration Law: Key Supreme Court Cases

The following cases are major Supreme Court cases in the field of immigration law.   

  • US v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
  • Kwong_Hai_Chew v. Colding, 344 U.S. 590 (1953) 
  • Shaughnessy v. US ex rel Mezei, 345 U.S. 206 (1953) 
  • Graham v. Department of Pub. Welfare, 403 U.S. 365 (1971) 
  • Kleindienst v. Mandel, 408 U.S. 753 (1972) 
  • Matthews v. Diaz, 426 U.S. 67 (1976) 
  • Fiallo v. Bell, 430 U.S. 787 (1977) 
  • Toll v. Moreno, 441 U.S. 458 (1979)
  • Vance v. Terrazas, 444 U.S. 252 (1980) 
  • Landon v. Plasencia, 459 U.S. 21 (1982) 
  • Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
  • INS v. Lopez-Mendoza, 468 U.S. 1032 (1984) 
  • INS v. Delgado, 466 U.S. 210 (1984)
  • INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca, 480 U.S. 421 (1987) 
  • INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478 (1992) 
  • Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. 257 (2012) 
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