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Ex parte Chin King

United States Circuit Court

Decided June 25, 1888PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Habeas Corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

Deady, J

The writ of habeas corpus in these eases was allowed and issued on June 25, 1888, and they were heard together on the same day.

The petition of Chin .King states that she was horn in San Francisco, Cal., on October 10, 1868; while that of Chan San Hee states that she was born in Portland, Or., on March 15, 1878; and they each state that, they are restrained of their liberty by William Robert Laird, the master of the British hark Kitty, because the collector of customs for this port refuses to allow them to land from said hark, on the ground that the petitioners are Chinese, and have no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. The Citizenship of a Person Born in the United States of Chinese ParentsUnited States Circuit Court · 1884
  3. McKay v. CampbellDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1871

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Perkins v. ElgCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  2. Yuichi Inouye v. ClarkDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1947
  3. In Re ReidDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1934
  4. In re RodriguezDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1897
  5. In re Wong Kim ArkDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1896

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