Legal Opinion
Lum Chan Fee v. Dulles
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided April 22, 1954No. Civ. No. 1174Published
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Chief Judge.
The only question presented for consideration at this time is whether Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, *4078 U.S.C. § 903,1 afforded a remedy as a jurisdictional matter to persons who have never been in the United States as well as to expatriates and those in the United States. The eases giving rise to this common question of law are Lum Chan Fee v. Dulles, Civil No. 1174; Lee Dai v. Dulles, Civil No. 1180; and Lee Yuk Wan v. Dulles, Civil No. 1193. The facts in all three cases are similar and, in essence, show that petitioners were born in China and were the…
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- Wong Wing Foo v. McGrath Atty. Gen. Of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- Ly Shew v. AchesonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1953
- Acheson, Secretary of State of United States v. Yee King GeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Lee Bang Hong v. AchesonDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1951
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