Legal Opinion
Rowoldt v. Perfetto
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 9, 1957No. 5PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
Petitioner is an alien who has been ordered deported by virtue of § 22 of the Internal Security Act of 1950, 64 Stat. 987, 1006,1 for past membership in the Communist Party. He attacks the judgment below on the ground — the only claim we need to consider — that he was not a “member” of the Communist Party within the scope of that section.
Petitioner is an alien who entered the United States in 1914 and, except for a short interval in Canada, has resided here continuously. The finding of “membership” by the hearing officer rested on petitioner’s own testimony. He stated that he joined the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ng Fung Ho v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Charles Rowoldt v. J. D. Perfetto, Acting Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, St. Paul, MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
3Cited by89 opinions
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Scales v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Elfbrandt v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Daniel Salvador Hernandez-Guadarrama v. John Ashcroft, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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