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Gerald Joseph Lavoie v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
360 F.2d 27
| 9th Cir. | 1966
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Lead Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Immigration and Naturalization Service directing his deportation to Canada, grounded upon a finding that he was, at the time of his entry to this country, a homosexual and as such an alien “afflicted with psychopathic personality” and thus was of a class excludible by law at that time. §§ 241(a) and 212(a)(4), Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U. S.C. §§ 1251(a) and 1182(a)(4).

This case is controlled by Fleuti v. Rosenberg, 302 F.2d 652, 658 (9th Cir.1962), remanded on other grounds 374 U.S. 449, 83 S.Ct. 1804, 10 L.Ed.2d 1000 (1963), where we held that the term “psychopathic personality” “* * * fails to meet the test to be applied in determining whether a statute is vague in the constitutional sense” and that the statute in its application to homosexuals is therefore void for vagueness.

The order of March 11, 1965, for deportation of Gerald Joseph Lavoie is declared to be void; that order is hereby set aside and its enforcement is enjoined.






Concurrence Opinion

MADDEN, Judge

(concurring):

I concur in the court’s disposition of the ease, but I do so only because of the precedent cited in the court’s opinion.

Case Details

Case Name: Gerald Joseph Lavoie v. United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Date Published: Apr 8, 1966
Citation: 360 F.2d 27
Docket Number: 20220_1
Court Abbreviation: 9th Cir.
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