UNITED STATES v. WATKINS


79 F.Supp. 101 (1948)

UNITED STATES ex rel. UNITED STATES LINES v. WATKINS, District Director of Immigration, etc.

District Court, S. D. New York.

August 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Delbert M. Tibbetts, of New York City, of counsel), for relator.

John F. X. McGohey, of New York City (William J. Sexton and Alvin Lieberman, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


RYAN, District Judge.

This matter comes on by writ of habeas corpus.

Relator, Nick Colovis, a Greek national, has been in the United States for about five years. However during this time he has been shipping out on American vessels to foreign ports as a seaman. On each return to the United States he was granted shore leave as a bona fide seaman as provided for by Section 120.21(e) of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In 1945, he married an American...

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