Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Bridges

District Court, N.D. California

Decided February 8, 1943No. 1836PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WELSH, District Judge.

The petitioner, Harry Bridges, an alien, in his application for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus, attacks the legality of his detention by the United States Immigration Authorities, for deportation to Australia, on numerous grounds each of which will be considered. In answer to an order issued by this Court to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not be granted, the respondent, I. F. Wixon, as District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice, made return that the peitioner is being detained “under and by virtue of a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Helvering v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Bridges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
  3. Harisiades v. ShaughnessyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
  4. Nani v. BrownellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1957
  5. Bridges v. WixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945

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