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· 5/9/1949

United States Ex Rel. Johnson v. Shaughnessy

Citations

  • 336 U.S. 806
  • 69 S. Ct. 921
  • 93 L. Ed. 2d 1054
  • 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2447
  • 93 L. Ed. 1054

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing Section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, which excluded from admission to the United States those found “mentally defective”
  • discussing Section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, which excluded from admission to the United States those found “mentally defective”
  • medical certificate conclusive on issue of excludability as mentally defective

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Judges: Black, Reed, Burton

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