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COSTANZO v. TILLINGHAST

No. 110.

287 U.S. 341 (1932)

COSTANZO v. TILLINGHAST, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Lewis for petitioner.

Mr. Whitney North Seymour, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Dodds, and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and Albert E. Reitzel were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 19 of the Act of February 5, 1917,1 directs, inter alia, the deportation of any alien who manages a house of prostitution. The petitioner, a citizen of Italy, was arrested, given a hearing, and ordered deported as such a manager. By writ of habeas corpus he challenged the legality of the order. The District Court dismissed the writ, and the Circuit Court of Appeals...

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