Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei

Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 7–8, 1953
Decided March 16, 1953
Full case nameShaughnessy v. United States ex rel. Mezei
Citations345 U.S. 206 (more)
Case history
Prior195 F.2d 964
Holding
The Attorney General's continued exclusion of the alien without a hearing does not amount to an unlawful detention, and courts may not temporarily admit him to the United States pending arrangements for his departure abroad.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityClark, joined by Vinson, Reed, Burton, Minton
DissentBlack, joined by Douglas
DissentJackson, joined by Frankfurter

Shaughnessy v. United States ex rel Mezei, 345 U.S. 206 (1953), was a United States Supreme Court case that established the federal government's power to detain immigrants at the border pending deportation. The Supreme Court, held that the Attorney General's continued detention of an immigrant without a hearing pending deportation was not unlawful, and that such persons could not be temporarily admitted to the United States in lieu thereof.

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