Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Johnson v. Watkins
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 29, 1948No. 67, Docket 21095PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The relator, a native and citizen of Sweden, arrived at the Port of New York on March 1, 1948, and applied for admission into the United States as a quota immigrant. Upon arrival she was examined by medical officers [hereinafter referred to as examining surgeons] of the United States Public Health Service who found her to be mentally defective, and made a certificate to that effect.
On March 16, 1948, she was accorded a hearing before a Board of Special Inquiry upon her application for admission at which hearing the above mentioned certificate was received in…
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