Legal Opinion

Chin Hung v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 8, 1917No. Nos. 2427-2430PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Four separate deportation proceedings by the United States against Chin Hung, against Young Sing Hong, against Yuen Yuen, and against Young Toy. From orders of the District Court for deportation of the defendants, they appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.

These are four separate appeals from orders of deportation. Only one question is presented to us in the four cases, viz.: Were the judgments of the commissioner and the district court, ordering the appellants, Chinese laborers, to be deported, clearly against the evidence adduced by them to show that they were entitled to remain in this country?

Section 3 of the Chinese Exclusion Act (27 Stat. 25, Comp. St. 1901, p. 1320) provides that Chinese persons arrested under tire provisions of the act must establish their right to remain in the United States by affirmative…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. Wong Kim ArkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Chin Bak Kan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Lee Sing Far v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
  4. United States v. Lee HuenDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1902
  5. King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mar Yen Wing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934

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