374 U.S. 449 (1963) Cited 241 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that lawful permanent residents who travel abroad should be admitted, even if otherwise inadmissible, if their travel was "brief, casual, or innocent"
Declaring that an alien seaman's departure executed the order of deportation when he left the United States "irrespective of the source from which the expenses of his transportation were defrayed or of the place to which he departed"
Holding that an innocent visit to Mexico for two hours should not be regarded as meaningfully interruptive of continuous presence in the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1254