Legal Opinion
Ahrens v. Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1948No. 446PublishedCited by 299 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*189Opinion of the Court by
Mr. Justice Douglas,
announced by Mr. Justice Reed.
The initial question presented in this case is the one we reserved in Ex parte Endo, 323 U. S. 283, 305, viz. whether the presence within the territorial jurisdiction of the District Court of the person detained is prerequisite to filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
Petitioners are some 120 Germans who are being held at Ellis Island, New York, for deportation to Germany. Their deportation has been directed under removal orders issued by the Attorney General who has found that each of them is dangerous to the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Georgia v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ex Parte EndoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Wales v. WhitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- United States v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by299 opinions
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