Legal Opinion
In re Krajcirovic
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 22, 1949No. Misc. Civ. No. 7530PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYZANSKI, District Judge.
This case involves the power of an official of the Department of Justice to confine for an extended period of time at a port of entry an alien who arrived as a stowaway without a passport, travel documents or an immigration visa.
Krajcirovic was born a Czech citizen in Moravia, in 1920. During World War II as a member first of the Czech partisan forces and later of the Czech Army he fought the Germans. For these services the President of Czechoslovakia awarded him a distinguished service cross. After the fighting was over he became a full-time paid secretary of a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Potash v. District Director of Immigration & NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
- United States Ex Rel. Janavaris v. NicollsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1942
- Cieplinski v. SevernMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
3Cited by4 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Mezei v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Mezei v. ShaughnessyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Yiu Sing Chun v. SavaDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1982
- United States Ex Rel. Mezei v. Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952