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United States ex rel. Koopowitz v. Finley

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 3, 1917PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Habeas Corpus. Application by the United States, on the relation of Joseph Koopowitz, alias Jacob Koopowitz, for a writ against John P. Finley, Colonel Infantry, D. O. L., in Charge Militia Affairs, Headquarters Eastern Department, United States Army.

1Opinion of the Court

MAYER, District Judge.

The relator is brought before the court on a writ of habeas corpus. A full statement of the facts is desirable:

*872The petition of relator, who describes himself as “Joseph” Koopowitz, sets forth that he is a Russian -citizen, born in Kovna, Russia, on February 10, 1888, and arrived in the United States in August, 1915; that he is a nondeclarant alien, having never filed his intention to become a citizen of the United States; that he was' drafted for service in the army of the United States, and received an order on September 24, 1917, directing him to report for military…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Angelus v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. United States v. GriemeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
  2. Arbitman v. WoodsideCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1919
  3. United States Ex Rel. Trainin v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  4. United States Ex Rel. Filomio v. PowellDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1941
  5. Franke v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918

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