Legal Opinion
Wong Ho, as Guardian Ad Litem of Wong Kwok Wei v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1958No. 15626PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves one of two plaintiffs who jointly filed an action below for a declaratory judgment of United States citizenship. 1 Wong Kwok Keung, one of the two alleged foreign-born sons of Wong Ho, an American citizen of Chinese ancestry, 2 won his case; the second Wong Kwok Wei, lost his case. Hence, the latter, sometimes hereinafter referred to as Wei, appeals.
The joint action was tried in the court below without a jury. Timely appeal was filed. This court has jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
The facts are not complicated, but need some exposition. The alleged…
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