Legal Opinion
Wong Gim Ngoon v. Proctor
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1937No. 8588PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANEY, Circuit Judge.
The court below denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by appellant, and from the order denying the writ this appeal was taken.
Appellant is a Chinese boy about- 14 years old, who arrived at the port of Seattle on September 30, 1936. He applied for entry into the United States on the ground that he is an alleged foreign-born son of Wong Mon Fay, an alleged native-born citizen of the United States. On October 19, 1936, a Chinese boy named Wong Suey Tung arrived at the same port, and applied to be admitted into the United States as a foreign-born son of Wong…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Ng Kee Wong v. CorsiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Wong Foo Gwong v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- Masamichi Ikeda v. BurnettCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1933
- Morikichi Suwa v. CarrCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Wing v. ProctorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
- Heitland v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Woon Sun Seung v. ProctorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
- Lee Chock Hon v. ProctorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- United States Court of Appeals, Second CircuitCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977