Legal Opinion

Antoine D'Agostino v. Walter A. Sahli, District Director of the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service, San Antonio, Texas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 14, 1956No. 15667_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

By his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the appellant, Antoine D’Agostino, challenged the legality of his detention by certain officials 1 in San Antonio, Texas. Petitioner alleged that he was illegally restrained and confined in violation of the laws of the United States or treaties of the United States with foreign countries; that he was kidnapped from his residence in Mexico City by an Ambassador of the Republic of Mexico and in the custody of a United States Narcotic Agent, flown from Mexico City to San Antonio, Texas; that he was forced to appear before a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Stidham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
  3. United States Ex Rel. Paetau v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
  4. United States Ex Rel. Bradley v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
  5. United States ex rel. Ling Yee Suey v. SparCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. RamirezNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Roberts v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
  3. VARGAS-MOLINABoard of Immigration Appeals · 1970
  4. GRANDIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1971
  5. Valerio v. MulleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1956

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