Legal Opinion
Linklater v. Perkins
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 3, 1934No. 6266PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HITZ, Associate Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia dismissing a petition for mandamus. The petitioner is an alien seeking to compel the Commissioner General of Immigration and the Secretary of Labor to issue to him a certificate showing his legal entry into the United States.
The Commissioner General and the Secretary filed an answer to the petition, justifying their refusal to issue such certificate both on the facts and the law, and denying the petitioner’s right to a writ of mandamus. To this answer the petitioner demurred, and, from…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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