UNITED STATES v. CORSI

No. 10.

287 U.S. 129 (1932)

UNITED STATES EX REL. STAPF v. CORSI, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo Stapf submitted pro se.

Assistant Attorney General Rugg, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Dodds, and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely, W. Marvin Smith, and Albert E. Reitzel were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

By writ of habeas corpus petitioner challenged the legality of his arrest for deportation as an alien alleged to have remained in the United States in violation of the terms of § 14 of the Immigration Act of 1924 (c. 190, 43 Stat., 153, 162). That section provides:

"Any alien who at any time after entering the United States is found . . . to have remained therein for a longer time than permitted...

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