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In the Matter of M

8 Cited authorities

  1. Harisiades v. Shaughnessy

    342 U.S. 580 (1952)   Cited 562 times
    Holding that the Ex Post Facto Clause does not apply to deportation orders because "[d]eportation, however severe its consequences, has been consistently classified as a civil rather than a criminal procedure"

  2. Markham v. Cabell

    326 U.S. 404 (1945)   Cited 344 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In Markham v. Cabell, 326 U.S. 404, 409, 66 S.Ct. 193, 195, the Court said, "The policy as well as the letter of the law is a guide to decision.

  3. Holy Trinity Church v. United States

    143 U.S. 457 (1892)   Cited 921 times
    Holding that although the Alien Contract Labor Act made it a crime to contract with or encourage any alien to migrate to the United States "to perform labor or service of any kind," a cleric who emigrated from England to serve as a pastor of a New York church and thus technically fell within the letter of the Act, was exempt from the Act's reach because of the absurd results that would follow from giving such broad meaning to words of the statute

  4. Mahler v. Eby

    264 U.S. 32 (1924)   Cited 230 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government failed to comply "with all the statutory requirements"

  5. Ozawa v. United States

    260 U.S. 178 (1922)   Cited 181 times
    In Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178, 194, we said "It is the duty of this Court to give effect to the intent of Congress. Primarily this intent is ascertained by giving the words their natural significance, but if this leads to an unreasonable result plainly at variance with the policy of the legislation as a whole, we must examine the matter further.

  6. Stewart v. Kahn

    78 U.S. 493 (1870)   Cited 64 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Upholding Congressional power to toll state claims during the pendency of the Civil War

  7. Wilkinson v. Leland and Others

    27 U.S. 627 (1829)   Cited 19 times

    JANUARY TERM, 1829. J.J. died in New Hampshire, seised of real estate in Rhode Island, having devised the same to his daughter, an infant. His executrix proved the will in New Hampshire, and obtained a license from a probate court, in that state, to sell the real estate of the testator for the payment of debts. She sold the real estate in Rhode Island for that purpose, and conveyed the same by deed; giving a bond to procure a confirmation of the conveyance by the legislature of Rhode Island. The

  8. Section 244.3 - Applicability of grounds of inadmissibility

    8 C.F.R. § 244.3   Cited 10 times
    Providing that BIA may use confidential information in ruling on applications for suspension of deportation upon determination that "disclosure of such information would be prejudicial to the public interest, safety or security"