Wolf v. Boyd. Luckman v. Boyd

The Wolf Case

Hazel Anna Wolf was bom in Canada; she entered the United States December 26, 1922, for permanent residence and at the time of the institution of the proceedings here referred to she was a resident of Seattle, Washington. On May 31, 1949, she was arrested pursuant to a deportation warrant charging that she was an alien subject to deportation from the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C.A. § 137 , as amended by the Alien Registration Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 670 , in that she was after entry a member of an “organization, association, society, or group, that believes in, advises, advocates, or teaches the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States”.

Deportation hearings were commenced on June 19, 1950, were continued from time to time and concluded on February 12, 1951. During the course of such hearings the appellant refused to testify. The hearing officer made findings and decision adverse to appellant, and thereafter in due course, the appropriate officer of the Immigration and Naturalization Service adopted the Hearing Officer’s recommendation and made findings that appellant was a voluntary member of the Communist Party of the United States…