Legal Opinion

Tillinghast v. Cresswell ex rel. Di Pierro

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided December 17, 1931No. 2585PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Massachusetts granting a writ of habeas corpus discharging the appellee from the custody of the Commissioner of Immigration.

Di Pierro, an alien, entered the United States March 25, 1920. On November 21, 1923, he was convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude and sentenced to fifteen months in the Massachusetts Reformatory. On December 22,1928, on recommendation of the Immigration Commissioner, a warrant for his deportation was issued by the Secretary of Labor, based on the ground that within five years after…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Weedin v. Tayokichi YamadaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
  2. Hughes v. TropelloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1924
  3. Lauria v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1921
  4. McLeod v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
  5. United States ex rel. David v. TodCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  2. Miller, District Director v. United States Ex Rel HuntCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
  3. Costanzo v. TillinghastCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
  4. Raftery ex rel. Giacomazzi v. TillinghastCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1933
  5. Costanzo v. TillinghastCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932

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