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Harisiades v. Shaughnessy

342 U.S. 580, 72 S. Ct. 512, 96 L. Ed. 586 (1952)

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Harisiades v. Shaughnessy

United States Supreme Court
342 U.S. 580, 72 S. Ct. 512, 96 L. Ed. 586 (1952)

  • Written by Christopher Bova, JD
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Facts

The cases of three legal resident aliens, Harisiades, Mascitti, and Coleman (plaintiffs), were consolidated due to similar facts. All three had been members of the Communist Party at some point but left before 1940. Harisiades, Mascitti, and Coleman all disavowed any support of the violent overthrow of the United States government by Communist interests. All three had established families in the United States. Harisiades, Mascitti, and Coleman were ordered deported under the Alien Registration Act of 1940, which allowed deportation for resident aliens with current and past ties to groups that supported the overthrow of the United States government. Harisiades, Mascitti, and Coleman sued to declare the act unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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Holding and Reasoning (Jackson, J.)

Concurrence (Frankfurter, J.)

Dissent (Douglas, J.)

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