IMMIGRATION SERVICE v. STANISIC

No. 297.

395 U.S. 62 (1969)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. STANISIC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Connolly argued the cause for petitioner, pro hac vice. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Vinson, and Philip R. Monahan.

G. Bernard Fedde, by appointment of the Court, 393 U.S. 1010, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Dorothy McCullough Lee.

Edward J. Ennis and Melvin L. Wulf filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves the type of hearing to which an alien crewman is entitled on his claim that he would suffer persecution upon deportation to his native land. The Court of Appeals sustained the respondent crewman's contention that he must be heard by a special inquiry officer1 in a proceeding conducted under § 242 (b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.2...

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