Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Adel v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 26, 1950No. 243, Docket 21691PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
We agree with this statement of the district judge: “As I read the record, relator’s applications were réfuscd not because the Board had no power to grant the application, nor because it found that relator had not proved good moral character for five years previous, nor because she failed to prove seven years’ residence in the United States * * * In other words, the Board, while admitting that relator was qualified to ask for the relief, exercised its discretion and ruled against her.”
Relator argues that she was entitled, after the statute’s amendment; ■ to a new hearing…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mahler v. EbySupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States Ex Rel. Kaloudis v. ShaughnessyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Tod v. WaldmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- United States Ex Rel. Di Paola v. ReimerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- United States Ex Rel. Mazur v. Commissioner of ImmigrationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. CyrSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Wong Wing Hang v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Succar v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Navinchandra Mafatlal Jarecha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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