Legal Opinion

United States ex rel. Lau Chiu v. Reimer

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 21, 1939Published

1Opinion of the Court

MANDELBAUM, District Judge.

A Special Board of Inquiry excluded the applicant from admission to this country. An appeal was taken to the Department of Labor but the appeal was dismissed and the applicant ordered excluded.

The applicant sought entry claiming that he was the son of an American citizen. The citizenship of the alleged father is not in dispute. The ground upon which the exclusion order is based is the failure of the applicant to establish the claim of relationship to a citizen of the United States, and was therefore not admissible under Section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act, 8…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Ng Kee Wong v. CorsiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
  2. United States ex rel. Gong Sik Ho v. CorsiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933

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