Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 6, 1950No. 54PublishedCited by 570 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
May the United States exclude without hearing, solely upon a finding by the Attorney General that her admission would be prejudicial to the interests of the United States, the alien wife of a citizen who had served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during World War II? The District Court for the Southern District of New York held that it could, and the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed. 173 F. 2d 599. We granted certiorari to examine the question especially in the light of the War Brides Act of December 28, 1945. 336 U. S. 966.
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