Legal Opinion
Wong Ark Kit v. Dulles
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 26, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 52-1437PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYZANSKI, District Judge.
This case is before this Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment.
December 23,1952 Wong Ark Kit, then and now in Hong Kong, filed in this Court against the Secretary of State a petition seeking a declaration that plaintiff is a national of the United States. Jurisdiction is claimed under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1171, 8 U.S.C. § 903.1 Although that section was repealed by § 403(a) (42), 66 Stat. 280 of the McCarran Act, Act of June 27, 1952 proceedings in effect under § 503 of the Nationality Act on December 24, 1952 were…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lee Wing Hong v. DullesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
- Lee Hung v. AchesonDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1952
- Ling Share Yee v. Acheson, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- Ow Yeong Yung v. DullesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1953
- Ju Shu Cheung ex rel. Ju Wah Tau v. DullesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1954
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Rosasco v. BrownellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1958
- Tijerina v. BrownellDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1956
- Yung Jin Teung ex rel. Yung Quock Kew v. DullesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Yung Jin Teung, as Father and Next Friend of Yung Quock Kew, a Minor, and Yung Quock Kew v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Yee Yin, as Father and Next Friend of Yee Fook, and Yee Fook v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Gong Gen Duck, as Brother and Next Friend of Gong Gen Ning, and Gong Gen Ning v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Fong Yet Ying, as Father and Next Friend of Fong King Gim, and Fong King Gim v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mar Lin, as Father and Next Friend of Mar Ngew, a Minor, and Mar Ngew v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Ngai Sheung Suey, as Brother and Next Friend of Ngai Sheung Foon, and Ngai Sheung Foon v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hom Ung, as Father and Next Friend of Hom Foon Yee, and Hom Foon Yee v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Woon You Koon, as Brother and Next Friend of Woon You Kee, and Woon You Kee v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Wong Kim Leong, as Father and Next Friend of Wong Seng Lim, Wong Goon Ngew and Wong Yook Min, and Wong Seng Lim, Wong Goon Ngew and Wong Yook Min v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Wong Fook, as Father and Next Friend of Wong Shee Tong and Wong Shee Fong, and Wong Shee Tong and Wong Shee Fong v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956