Legal Opinion
Pechter v. Lyons
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 8, 1977No. 77 Civ. 5190PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
OWEN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are members of the general public. Defendant Lyons is a United States Immigration Judge. This proceeding concerns the right of the public to attend an Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deportation hearing; the issue is whether the immigration judge presiding over the deportation hearing of one Boles-lavs Maikovskis acted within his discretion in denying the public that right.
Maikovskis is charged with having concealed his Nazi past, including the alleged commission of atrocities, when he entered this country in the early 1950’s.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by7 opinions
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