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Midnight session figure in Rubinstein deportation case
A federal judge Henry W. Edgerton blocked Ellis Island detention in a midnight appeals session over Serge Rubinstein. The Supreme Court later ruled detainees must be jailed before appealing. Rubinstein’s three lawyers include former Immigration Service alumni Lemuel Scofield Edward Ennis and Jack Wasserman. The case prompts scrutiny of lawyers who previously served before the agency.
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New York
Land
Serge Rubinstein
Supreme Court
Henry W. Edgerton
New Deal College
Washington Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Immigration Service
Rubinstein
Ellis Island
Edgerton
David Zelon
Truman
Justice Department
Charles Fahy
Lemuel B. Scofield
Philadelphia
Edward Ennis
Wasserman
Board of Immigration Appeals
Ennis
Board of Immigration
Serge
U. S
Brien McMahon
Samuel Kaufman
Hiss
Scofield
Appeals Board
Washington