Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Belfrage v. Shaughnessy

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided April 9, 1954No. 22910_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

The order below sustaining a writ of habeas corpus, enlarged the relator, under conditions therein specified, on judicial bail pending this appeal. He had previously been arrested on May 15,1953, simultaneously with the institution of deportation proceedings against him. While in custody, bail having been administratively refused, he petitioned for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus on May 25, 1953 on the ground that the “refusal to enlarge him on bail is arbitrary, unreasonable and an unlawful exercise of discretion.”

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. St. PierreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  2. United States Ex Rel. Potash v. District Director of Immigration & NaturalizationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
  3. United States Ex Rel. Yaris v. Esperdy, Acting District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  4. Spector v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
  5. United States Ex Rel. De Geronimi v. ShaughnessyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Billy Joe Helton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  2. Lamont v. Department of JusticeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
  3. United States of America Ex Rel. Mamdouh Barbour v. District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, San Antonio, Texas, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  4. Boring v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1971
  5. People v. BernalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967

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