Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Rocha
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided February 25, 1929No. 149PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, District Judge.
This case, in its general outlines, is like Ex parte Rodriguez (D. C.) 15 F.(2d) 878. The warrant of deportation in this case is based upon the following findings:(1) That he has been convicted of, or admits the commission of, a felony, or other crime or misdemeanor, involving moral turpitude, to wit, adultery, prior to his entry into the United States.(2) And that he entered the United States for an immoral purpose.
The first ground is identical with that discussed in the Rodriguez Case, and, for the same reasons there presented, is wholly ineffective to support the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Hilton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Ex Parte RodriguezDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1926
- Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
- Wallace v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mortensen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States Ex Rel. Jelic v. District Director of Immigration & Naturalization, Ellis IslandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Portaluppi v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1988
- Shibata v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929
- United States Ex Rel. Siegel v. ReimerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1938
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