UNITED STATES v. SHAUGHNESSY


107 F.Supp. 280 (1952)

UNITED STATES ex rel. JAMES v. SHAUGHNESSY.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Markewich, Rosenhaus & Markewich, New York City, for petitioner.

Myles J. Lane, New York City, for respondent.


EDELSTEIN, District Judge.

The relator, while under an order of deportation, sued out a writ of habeas corpus principally upon the ground that the Attorney General abused his discretion in denying a request for discretionary relief by way of suspension of deportation. Upon the original argument of the writ, it was held that the relator had not been given a fair opportunity to meet issues posed by legislation passed after the conclusion of his hearings, the discretion...

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