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United States ex rel. Ludecke v. Watkins, District Director of Immigration, 1948 — 333 U.S. 865 · caselaw · US
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United States ex rel. Ludecke v. Watkins, District Director of Immigration
333 U.S. 865·Supreme Court of the United States·1948
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Opinion
No. 147,
Misc.
United States ex rel. Ludecke v. Watkins, District Director of Immigration.
Relator pro se.
Solicitor General Perlman, Herbert A. Bergson and Samuel D. Slade for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
The petition for rehearing is granted. The order entered January 12, 1948, denying certiorari, 332 U. S. 853, is vacated and the petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is granted.