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LOPEZ v. FRANKLIN

Civ. A. Nos. 6-72502 and 6-72558.

427 F.Supp. 345 (1977)

Jose M. LOPEZ and Albania G. Lopez, Plaintiffs, v. Jerry M. FRANKLIN, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendant. Emiliano DURAN and Carolina Duran, Plaintiffs, v. Jerry M. FRANKLIN, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Hector Cisneros, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Michele Coleman Mayes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PHILIP PRATT and FEIKENS, District Judges.

These individual cases were consolidated for purposes of a single hearing on two issues of constitutional significance common to both: (1) Whether § 201(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act violates the Equal Protection Clause in permitting a native-born citizen over the age of 21 to sponsor the admission of his "immediate relatives" for purposes of permanent residency without...

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