Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Bradley v. Watkins
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 23, 1947No. 281, Docket 20647PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
By writ of habeas corpus the relator, a native-born citizen of Norway, challenged the legality of his detention by immigration officials at Ellis Island. His petition alleged that he was illegally held as an alien enemy under an internment order issued by the Attorney General of the United States; but the respondent’s return to the writ asserted that he was detained pursuant to an exclusion order, dated October 14, 1941, of a board of special inquiry, and the Assistant District Attorney stated for the record that the relator was no longer held as an alien enemy and “any…
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3Cited by18 opinions
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