WONG YANG SUNG v. McGRATH

No. 154.

339 U.S. 33 (1950)

WONG YANG SUNG v. McGRATH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Jaffe argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Jack Wasserman, Gaspare Cusumano and Thomas A. Farrell.

Robert W. Ginnane argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Campbell, Robert S. Erdahl, L. Paul Winings and Charles Gordon.

Wendell Berge, A. Alvis Layne, Jr. and John B. Gage filed a brief for Riss & Co., Inc., as amicus curiae, supporting petitioner.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This habeas corpus proceeding involves a single ultimate question—whether administrative hearings in deportation cases must conform to requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act of June 11, 1946, 60 Stat. 237, 5 U. S. C. §§ 1001 et seq.

Wong Yang Sung, native and citizen of China, was arrested by immigration officials on a...

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