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In the Matter of Darwish

14 I&N Dec. 307 (B.I.A. 1973)
In the Matter of Darwish

3 Cited authorities

  1. Cleveland v. United States

    329 U.S. 14 (1946)   Cited 192 times
    Holding that the fact that a practice "is supported by a religious creed affords no defense in a prosecution" for that conduct because to hold otherwise "would place beyond the law any act done under claim of religious sanction"

  2. Reynolds v. United States

    98 U.S. 145 (1878)   Cited 1,301 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the forfeiture doctrine requires a witness to be “absent by his [i.e., defendant's] own wrongful procurement”

  3. Section 204.2 - Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children

    8 C.F.R. § 204.2   Cited 446 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Conferring priority date retention on a derivative beneficiary only "if the subsequent petition is filed by the same petitioner"