Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Mezei v. Shaughnessy
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 9, 1951PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Mezei was excluded from the United States for undisclosed security reasons on February 9, 1950. He has been detained at Ellis Island for 21 months while the government has failed in efforts to deport him. ■No foreign government has shown a willingness to allow his entry. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that he has been detained an unreasonable period of time.
The case presents the vexatious problem of what to do with an alien who has no place to go.
There is a certain vagueness about Mezei’s history. His parents were either Hungarian or Roumanian…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Delany v. MoraitisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1943
- United States Ex Rel. Janavaris v. NicollsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942
- Moraitis v. DelanyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1942
- American Airlines, Inc. v. Standard Air Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States Ex Rel. Mezei v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Poonjani v. ShanahanDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
- Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. MezeiSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Jean v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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