Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Linklater v. Commissioner of Immigration At Ellis Island
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 5, 1929PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLSEY, District Judge.
The writ is sustained, and the relator is ordered discharged.
There is, apparently, not any question but that the relator, a Scotchman, came- first to the United States on July 4, 1907, from Victoria, British Columbia, and entered the United States at Seattle, and that shortly afterwards he settled in Portland, Or. He has, therefore, lived in the United States for 22 years, and the many letters written on his behalf to the Department of Labor by various citizens of Oregon, including the two United States Senators from Oregon, the Governor of the State, the Bishop of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. KirbySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Henderson v. Mayor of the City of New York Commissioners of Immigration v. North German LloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lau Ow Bew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Oates v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wilson v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930
- Whitty v. WeedinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
- Browne v. ZurbrickCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1930
- Linklater v. PerkinsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1934
- Brymer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
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