UNITED STATES v. WATKINS

No. 136, Docket 20435.

158 F.2d 853 (1946)

UNITED STATES ex rel. SCHLUETER v. WATKINS, Dist. Director of Immigration and Naturalization of U. S. for New York Dist.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 31, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Kumble and George C. Dix, both of New York City, for appellant.

John F. X. McGohey, of New York City (Stanley H. Lowell, of New York City, and Thomas M. Cooley, II, of Waterford, Va., of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The facts are fully stated in the excellent opinion of District Judge Rifkind; see United States ex rel. Schlueter v. Watkins, 67 F.Supp. 556. We agree with him that the statute authorized the making of an order of removal of an alien enemy without a court order and without a hearing of any kind, except on the issue of whether or not the relator actually is an alien enemy which was not controverted in this...

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