374 U.S. 449 (1963) Cited 241 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that lawful permanent residents who travel abroad should be admitted, even if otherwise inadmissible, if their travel was "brief, casual, or innocent"
In Maldonado-Sandoval, we held that the resident alien's two or three day trip to Mexico was an "innocent, casual, and brief excursion,'" and "did not manifest `an intent to depart in a manner which can be regarded as meaningfully interruptive of the alien's permanent residence.'"