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UNITED STATES v. WATKINS

No. 187, Docket 21254.

173 F.2d 599 (1949)

UNITED STATES ex rel. KNAUFF v. WATKINS.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Granted May 2, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., and William J. Sexton, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New York City, for the United States.

Louis Steinberg, District Adjudications Officer, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U. S. Dept. of Justice, of New York City (Alvin Lieberman, Atty., Immigration & Naturalization Service, U. S. Dept. of Justice, of New York City, of counsel), for W. Frank Watkins.

Gunther Jacobson and John Windsor, both of New York City, for relator.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Granted May 2, 1949. See 69 S.Ct. 941.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

The question which must be answered on this appeal is whether the wife of an American soldier who is a war bride within the purview of Public Law 271 of 1945, 59 Stat. 659, 8 U.S.C.A. § 232, may be denied admission to the United States without a hearing before a Board of Special Inquiry.

The relator-appellant is the lawful wife of Kurt W. Knauff who is a naturalized...

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