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· 11/7/1903

United States ex rel. Turner v. Williams

Citations

  • 126 F. 253
  • 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4307

Syllabus

<p>1. Aliens — Immigration—Exclusion op Anarchists — Fact op Anarchistic Bbliep — Decision op Board op Special Inquiry — Conclusiveness.</p> <p>A decision of the immigration board of special inquiry that an immigrant is an anarchist is not open to review by the United States Circuit Court in habeas corpus proceedings.</p> <p>2. Same — Constitutionality op Statute — Guaranty op Religious Freedom and Freedom op Speech.</p> <p>Immigration Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, § 2, 32 Stat. 1214 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1903, p. 172], by which alien anarchists are excluded from the United States, is not in contravention of article 1 of the amendments to the Constitution, providing that Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion or abridging the freedom of speech.</p>

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  • ordering discovery of comparator information because it “may shed new light on the [Title VII] allegations directed by the Plaintiff at [the supervisor]” with respect to discrimination in hiring and promotion

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