Wong You v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Petition by Wong You and others for a writ of habeas corpus. From orders of the District Court (176 Fed. 933) dismissing the writs and remanding petitioners, they appeal. Appeal from orders dismissing writs of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioners, Wong You, Wong Chun, I-Iom Ghee, Wong Yip, and Ju Fong.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Petition by Wong You and others for a writ of habeas corpus. From orders of the District Court (176 Fed. 933) dismissing the writs and remanding petitioners, they appeal. Appeal from orders dismissing writs of habeas corpus and remanding the petitioners, Wong You, Wong Chun, I-Iom Ghee, Wong Yip, and Ju Fong. The ■petitioners are Chinese persons, who in October and November, 1909, were taken into custody under warrants issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor charging them with being aliens…
1Opinion of the CourtNoyes, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). “Generaba specialibus non derogant” is an elementary rule governing the interpretation of statutes. A later general statute, which in its most comprehensive sense would include that which is embraced in an earlier particular enactment, does not, as a general rule, repeal the latter, but applies only to such cases within its general language as are not *315within the provisions of the particular act. “The general statute is read as silently excluding from its operation the cases which have been provided for by the special one.” Endlich on the Interpretation of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte Lee Sher WingDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1908
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- United States v. Wong YouSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Frick v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1912
- Ex parte GriffinDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1916
- Moy Wing Sun v. PrentisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1916
- Lewis v. FrickU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1911
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