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Kopalapillai, Sutharsan v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs

[1998] FCA 1126 ; (1998) 86 FCR 547

Federal Court of Australia · 8 September 1998 · Official judgment

Cited by 139 indexed judgments

All Not followed 1 Distinguished 1 Applied or followed 15 Cited 122

1999: 8 citing judgments 2000: 10 citing judgments, 2 negative 2001: 16 citing judgments 2002: 11 citing judgments 2003: 5 citing judgments 2004: 7 citing judgments 2005: 11 citing judgments 2006: 7 citing judgments 2007: 4 citing judgments 2008: 20 citing judgments 2009: 8 citing judgments 2010: 7 citing judgments 2011: 4 citing judgments 2012: 4 citing judgments 2014: 4 citing judgments 2015: 2 citing judgments 2017: 1 citing judgment 2018: 6 citing judgments 2019: 2 citing judgments 2020: 2 citing judgments 1998 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
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  1. Londono-Castaneda v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 230 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  2. Fernando v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 380 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  3. Careem v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 378 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  4. Rajenthiram v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 432 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  5. Mohammad v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 508 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  6. Yilmaz v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1025 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  7. Santhikumar v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1082 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  8. Nejad v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 1326 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  9. Dhiman v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 221 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 4× · judgment
  10. Kavun v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 370 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  11. Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 351 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  12. Fernando v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 436 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  13. Najarian v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 933 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 13× · judgment
  14. Kavun v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1156 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  15. Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1309 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  16. Cole v Minister of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1375 Distinguished Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  17. Mousoof v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1522 Not followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  18. Mariathasian v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1636 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  19. Lawson v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 351 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  20. Chowdhury v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 278 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  21. Kapugama v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 337 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  22. Promise Dike v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1029 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  23. Rahman v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1173 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  24. Abeysinghe v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1201 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 2× · judgment
  25. Jaber v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1388 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  26. Applicant X v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1489 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  27. Applicant C v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1657 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  28. Dobari v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1690 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 2× · judgment
  29. Singh v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1679 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 20× · judgment
  30. Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1723 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  31. Adil v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1801 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  32. Nejad v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1830 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  33. Ibraheem v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1860 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  34. Foroghi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1875 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 5× · judgment
  35. Mandavi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 70 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  36. Rahman v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 25; [2002] FCA 144 [2002] FCAFC 25 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · judgment
  37. NACV v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 411 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  38. W195/01A v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 396 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  39. VAH v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 446 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  40. Abeysinghe v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 108; [2002] FCA 511 [2002] FCAFC 108 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 1× · judgment
  41. Odhiambo v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCAFC 194 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 19× · judgment
  42. SBBW v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 840 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  43. NAMK of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1170 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  44. SCAR v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1481 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  45. Applicant VCAT of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1516 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  46. Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs v W64/01A [2003] FCAFC 12 Cited Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) · cited 3× · judgment
  47. VHAU of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 376 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  48. NALM v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1070 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  49. NALR v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1318 Cited Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  50. WACF v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1385 Cited Federal Court of Australia · cited 13× · judgment

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Authorities cited (12)

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  1. Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] AC 147 Cited
  2. Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 189 CLR 379 Cited
  3. Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1989] HCA 62 Cited cited 873×
  4. Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21 Cited cited 736×
  5. Abalos v Australian Postal Commission [1990] HCA 47 Distinguished cited 424×
  6. Devries v Australian National Railways Commission [1993] HCA 78 Distinguished cited 520×
  7. (1994) 13 UTLR 43 Cited cited 8×
  8. Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58 Cited cited 1,391×
  9. Guo v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1996) 64 FCR 151 Cited cited 48×
  10. Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Minister for v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6 Cited cited 2,712×
  11. Applicant A v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1997) 142 ALR 331 Cited cited 83×
  12. Eshetu v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 71 FCR 300 Cited cited 110×
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