Cadby v. Savoretti

The appellant here, plaintiff below, sought a declaratory judgment and review of a final administrative order entered in immigration deportation proceedings. The appellee here, defendant below, moved “to dismiss the complaint filed in this cause on the grounds that said complaint does not state a cause of action and does not present a controversy within the jurisdiction of this Court.” The district court “Ordered and Adjudged that the said motion be and it is hereby granted.” The appellee concedes in brief that actually the dismissal was “on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction…