Legal Opinion

The Presidente Wilson

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided March 16, 1931Published

1Opinion of the Court

KNOX, District Judge.

Libelant may have the decree that is here sought. As I recall the ease, the Assistant United States Attorney who tried the ease offered proof that the Secretary of Labor had formed the opinion that it was impracticable and inconvenient to prosecute the person, owner, master, officer, or agent of the Presi-dente Wilson who was responsible for the failure to prevent the landing in the United States of the aliens mentioned in the libel. It is my view that on the showing now made this court has no right to inquire into the reasons which gave rise to the Secretary's opinion in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. China Mail S. S. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
  2. United States v. Steamship "COAMO"Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. The BremenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1927

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