Legal Opinion
Serpico v. Trudell
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided November 8, 1928PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWE, District Judge.
The relator is a returning Italian immigrant, and has been denied admission by a board of special inquiry because he did not have an immigration visa in accordance with the Immigration Act of 1924.
The legal question is: Is he a nonquota immigrant having been lawfully admitted to the United States, and is ho returning from a temporary visit abroad? The evidence is all one way. Section 4 (b) of the Act of 1924 (8 USCA § 204 (b) defines a nonquota immigrant as “an immigrant previously lawfully admitted to the United States, who- is returning from a temporary visit abroad.”…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Lesto v. DayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
- Johnson v. Keating Ex Rel. TarantinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1926
- United States ex rel. Patti v. CurranDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1926
3Cited by5 opinions
- Rosendo Chavez-Ramirez and Zenaida Calderon De Chavez v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Jose Tiania Tejeda v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- KANEBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1975
- Swenson v. ThomasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1946
- Jose Tiania Tejeda v. United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965