Legal Opinion

Chin Shee v. White

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 6, 1921No. 3619PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington; Jeremiah Neterer, Judge. Habeas corpus proceedings by Chin Shee, alias Ah Sue, against Henry M. White, as Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of Seattle, Wash. From a judgment discharging the writ (270 Fed. 356), petitioner appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

This appeal brings in review the judgment of the District Court discharging a writ of habeas corpus sued out by the appellant, Chin Shee, alias Ah Sue, to secure her release; she being held by United States Commissioner of Immigration Henry M. White for deportation as a person unlawfully within the United States. The petition for the writ sets out that the petitioner is restrained of her liberty under the charge that she has no lawful right to be in the United States and should be deported, and further that such imprisonment, restraint, and order of deportation are…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Fong Yue Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Wong Wing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Low Wah Suey v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Tang Tun v. EdsellSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  5. United States v. Wong YouSupreme Court of the United States · 1912

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. TodSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Christianson v. ZerbstCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1937
  3. Vilarino v. GarrityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
  4. Robinson v. CoxNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Plane v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927

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