contrary to law
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"USCIS's actions are contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen, was charged with one felony count of importation contrary to law following the Oct.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
On Monday, Massachusetts district court judge Patti B Saris vacated Trump's order, saying it was "arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law".
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington granted a summary judgment on behalf of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Friday, concluding the agency's actions were "arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and contrary to law."
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2020
Such wealth, acquired rapidly, and contrary to law, had, as now, all the characteristics of an unstable acquisition: it seldom lasted to the third generation.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav
