Legal Opinion

Lem Moon Sing v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 27, 1895No. 946PublishedCited by 205 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

Lim Lung, on behalf of the appellant, Lem Moon Sing, presented to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California an application in writing for a writ of habeas corpus, directed to one D. D- Stubbs, and to the collector of the port of San Francisco, requiring them to produce the body of the appellant and abide by such order as the court might make in the premises.

The grounds set forth in the application for the writ were substantially as follows:

The appellant was a person of the Chinese race, born in China, and never naturalized' in the United States.

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2Cases cited12 opinions

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  5. The Chinese Exclusion CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

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