Legal Opinion

Beys Afroyim v. Dean Rusk, as Secretary of State

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 24, 1966No. 393, Docket 30413PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff commenced a declaratory judgment action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York challenging the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1481(a) (5). He alleged that the section is both unconstitutional on its face and as applied to him in that it violates the due process guarantee of the Fifth Amendment and violates Section 1, Clause 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

After cross-motions for summary judgment had been filed by both parties, the court below in a reasoned opinion, reported at 250 F.Supp. 686 (S.D.N.Y. 1966), granted the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Schneider v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Nishikawa v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Perez v. BrownellSupreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Afroyim v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Afroyim v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Beys Afroyim v. Dean Rusk, as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966

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