CUBAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., Cuban Legal Alliance, Inc., Due Process, Inc., Lizbet Martinez, Arianna Gonzalez Nobaez, Arniel Del Campo Gonzalez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Jovani Miguel Fiffe Pino, Nestor Rodriguez Labori, Nelson Torres Pulido, Maritza Exposito, David Buzzi, Alberto Rodriguez Garcia, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Leydis Milagros Ruiz Mendez, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Elena Pino, Virginia Perez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.; Garry Joseph, Paulomme Edmond, Pierre Onel Antoine, Voidieu Jean Louis, Bergeline Jean Louis, Padeci Jean Louis, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Provisional Intervenors,
v.
Warren CHRISTOPHER, Secretary of State, William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense, Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Janet Reno, Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Brigadier General Michael Williams, Commander Joint Task Force, Defendants-Appellants.
CUBAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., Cuban Legal Alliance, Inc., Due Process, Inc., Lizbet Martinez, Arianna Gonzalez Nobaez, Arniel Del Campo Gonzalez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Jovani Miguel Feffe Pino, Nestor Rodriguez Labori, Nelson Torres Pulido, Maritza Exposito, David Buzzi, Alberto Rodriguez Garcia, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Leydis Milagros Ruiz Mendez, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Elena Pino, Virginia Perez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.; Garry Joseph, Paulomme Edmond, Pierre Onel Antoine, Voidieu Jean Louis, Bergeline Jean Louis, Padeci Jean Louis, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Provisional Intervenors-Appellees,
v.
Warren CHRISTOPHER, Secretary of State, William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense, Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Janet Reno, Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Brigadier General Michael Williams, Commander Joint Task Force, Defendants-Appellants.
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January 18, 1995.
January 18, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael J. Singer, Alfred Mollin, Elizabeth A. Kessler, Robert M. Loeb, Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Sol. Gen., William Kanter, Michael S. Raab, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellants.
Elliot H. Scherker, Roberto Martinez, Oscar Levin, Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen, & Quentel, P.A., Marcos D. Jimenez, Carlos B. Castillo, White & Case, Robert L. Boyer, Miami, FL, Leopoldo Ochoa, Coral Gables, FL, Jose Garcia-Pedrosa, Martias Dorta, Tew & Garcia-Pedrosa, Miami, FL, for Cuban American.
Harold Koh, Allard K. Lowenstein, Intern. Human Rights Law Clinic, New Haven, CT, Manuel Kadre, Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, Miami, FL, for Cuban American Bar.
Ahpaly J.G. Coraden, New York City, for amicus movants Nat. Coalition for Haitian Refugees.
Carlos Manuel Vasquez, Washington, DC, for amicus movant Lawyers Committee for Human Rights.
Lucas Guttentag, New York City, for amicus movant ACLU.
Joanne Mariner, Washington, DC, for amicus movant Human Rights Watch.
Gene McNary, Danna, Soraghan, Stockenberg & McNary, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for amicus movants Smith, Livingston, Burton.
Grover Joseph Rees, Lafayette, LA, for amicus movants Smith, Burton.
Douglas W. Baruch, Robert Juceam, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, Jose Garcia Pedrosa, Tew, Garcia-Pedrosa & Beasley, Miami, FL, for appellees in No. 94-5231.
Douglas W. Baruch, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, Ira Kurzban, Helena Tetzeli, Kurzban, Kurzban & Weinger, P.A., Miami, FL, for appellees in No. 94-5234.
Robert Juceam, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for Haitian Refugee Center.
Before KRAVITCH, BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to address the following issues: (1) whether Cuban and Haitian migrants temporarily provided safe haven at the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at the United States military installations in Panama, may assert rights under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the Cuban Adjustment Act, the Cuban Democracy Act and the Constitution of...
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