Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Constantino v. Karnuth
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided January 4, 1929PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAZEL, District Judge.
In the recent case of Michael Hajdamacha v. Karnuth, etc. (D. C.) 23 F.(2d) 956, 958, wherein the same attack on a warrant of deportation was submitted, I wrote an opinion which reads in part as follows:
“It is next contended that both the warrant of arrest and the warrant of deportation were illegal and void, in that neither was signed by the Secretary of Labor, or by the Assistant Secretary of Labor, or by the Second Assistant Secretary of Labor, as authorized and empowered by law, but was in fact signed by an assistant to the Secretary of Labor, who, it is said, had no…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States ex rel. Chin Fook Wah v. DuntonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- MacKusick Ex Rel. Pattavina v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1924
- Hajdamacha v. KarnuthDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1927
- Low Kwai v. BackusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1916
3Cited by3 opinions
- Werrmann v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1935
- United States ex rel. Karpathiou v. JordanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1946
- In re GiacobbiDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1939