Legal Opinion · Dissent

Roni David Marciano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 8, 1971No. 20581Published

1Dissent

GARNETT THOMAS EISELE, District Judge*

(dissenting).

I must dissent from the opinion of the majority.1 I feel that a proper reading of the phrase “crime involving moral turpitude”, contained in 8 U.S.C.A. § 1251(a) (4), would require that the case be returned to the Board of Immigration Appeals to determine if the petitioner’s criminal conduct here did or did not, factually, “involve moral turpitude”. I fully acknowledge that the existing case law, adopted in some Circuits, would preclude our requiring such a factual determination, but I do not think that the clear intent of Congress can be…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Jordan v. De GeorgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Percy Briggs Wadman v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  3. United States Ex Rel. Robinson v. DayCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931
  4. Pino v. Nicolls (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
  5. United States Ex Rel. Guarino v. UhlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939

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