AYUDA, INC. v. THORNBURGH

No. 88-5226.

880 F.2d 1325 (1989)

AYUDA, INC., et al. v. Richard THORNBURGH, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Keener, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom David J. Kline, Asst. Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, Dept. of Justice, Alexandria, Va., and John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Wayne H. Matelski, with whom Lynda S. Zengerle, Carolyn Waller, Michael Rubin, David Aronofsky and Deborah Sanders, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, SILBERMAN and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

Dissenting opinion filed by Chief Judge WALD.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a declaratory order and injunction issued by the district court concerning implementation of the legalization or "amnesty" provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). We hold the district court lacked jurisdiction and therefore vacate the order.

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IRCA, passed...

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