Legal Opinion
Costanzo v. Tillinghast
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 5, 1932No. 110PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Roberts
Section 19 of the Act of February 5, 1917,* 1 directs, inter alia, the deportation of any alien who manages a house of prostitution. The petitioner, a citizen of Italy, was arrested, given a hearing, and ordered deported as such a manager. By writ of habeas corpus he challenged the legality of the order. The District Court dismissed the writ, and the Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decree.
A claim of violation of constitutional rights made in the court below has been abandoned. The Circuit Court of Appeals properly negatived the asserted absence of any evidence to support the action of…
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