UNITED STATES v. ESPERDY

No. 184, Docket 26605.

285 F.2d 341 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Salvatore SOLLAZZO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. P. A. ESPERDY, as District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, New York, New York, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Kestnbaum, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Roy Babitt, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (S. Hazard Gillespie, Jr., U. S. Atty., Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, on the brief), for respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

This appeal turns on whether bribery, of a participant in an amateur sport, in violation of New York Penal Law, McKinney's Consol.Laws, c. 40, § 382(1), is a crime involving "moral turpitude" within the meaning of § 19(a) of the Immigration Act of 1917, 8 U.S.C. § 155(a) (1946 ed.).* If it is such a crime, it is conceded that the relator, Salvatore Sollazzo...

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