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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. Rajenthiram v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [1999] FCA 432 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  2. Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 351 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  3. Kavun v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1156 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  4. Abeysinghe v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1201 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 2× · judgment
  5. Foroghi v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 1875 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 5× · judgment
  6. NAMK of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1170 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 1× · judgment
  7. NALM v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 1070 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  8. VDAV of 2002 v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 239 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  9. SZJXP v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2008] FCA 755 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  10. SZLHA v Minister for Immigration & Citizenship [2008] FCA 782 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  11. SZMZR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2009] FCA 904 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  12. SZMXP v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2009] FCA 938 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · judgment
  13. SZLPN v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 202 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 9× · judgment
  14. SZJOG v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 244 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 3× · judgment
  15. SZOHY v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 1267 Applied or followed Federal Court of Australia · cited 4× · 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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