Legal Opinion
Lane Ex Rel. Cronin v. Tillinghast
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 17, 1930No. 2426PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from a decision of the District Court denying habeas corpus involves the right of the immigration authorities to deport Anna Cronin, an alien, who was duly admitted on September 2,1923, on the ground that she had “within five years after entry * * * [been] * * * sentenced to imprisonment for a term of one year or more because of conviction in this country of a crime involving moral turpitude, committed within five years after the entry of the alien to the United States.” Act of February 5, 1917, 39 Stat. 889, 8 USCA § 155. The record shows that on October…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Swearingen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Tillinghast v. EdmeadCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1929
- Commonwealth v. WardellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
- Ex parte EdmeadDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1928
3Cited by4 opinions
- Tseung Chu v. CornellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- United States Ex Rel. Giglio v. NeellyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Authority of the Surgeon General to Direct the Public Health Service Not to Certify Arriving Homosexual Aliens as Possessing a "Mental Defect or Disease" Solely Because of Their Homosexuality, Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel1979
- Tseung Chu v. CornellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957