Court Opinion

ID: 9445868
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:39:27.000121+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:25.725106
License: Public Domain

FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge
(concurring) .
United States ex rel. Hintopoulos v. Shaughnessy, 1957, 353 U.S. 72, 77 S.Ct. 618, 1 L.Ed.2d 652, decided earlier this year, underscores the scope and nature of discretionary suspension of deportation and for that reason I would mention it when joining in and approving Judge Duffy’s opinion. When Congress confers power on a public official in terms of discretion there is little room for judicial interference with the exercise of such authority in the absence of clear abuse. The persistent wave of cases seeking review where discretion has been utilized approach the question in oblique fashion. For the attack should be leveled only when discretion is abused, unless there is an unconstitutional delegation of the discretionary power.