Legal Opinion
O'Connell ex rel. Kwong Han Foo v. Ward
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 10, 1942No. 3737PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal under 28 U.S.C.A. § 463(a) from an order of the District Court which (1) dismissed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, (2) discharged the writ, and (3) remanded the relator to the custody of the United States Commissioner of Immigration at Boston.
The relator Kwong Han Foo, otherwise known as Herbert Kwong, presented himself at the port of Boston seeking admission to the United States as an American citizen. The basis for his claim to citizenship, and hence admission to this country, is that he is the foreign born son of one Kwong Bing King, an…
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