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ADAMS v. BAKER

No. 89-1903.

909 F.2d 643 (1990)

Gerry ADAMS, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. James BAKER, Secretary of State; Richard Thornburgh, Attorney General; and Alan C. Nelson, Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Copeland, with whom Leonard B. Boudin, Linda Bosniak and Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York City, were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Thomas W. Hussey, Deputy Director, Office of Immigration Litigation, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., and Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

At issue before this court is the propriety of the district court's decision granting summary judgment to the government and dismissing plaintiffs'-appellants' challenge to the denial of a nonimmigrant visa to an alien, Gerry Adams. After careful analysis and review, we affirm the decision of the district court.

I. BACKGROUND

In March, 1988, Gerry Adams, a citizen and resident of the Republic of Ireland, sought entry into...

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