Legal Opinion
Shui King Tam Wong, Gong Yuen Wong, Wing Sun Wong v. Griffin B. Bell, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1981No. 79-3279PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs challenge defendants’ refusal to allow plaintiff Wing Sun Wong into this country. They claim that 8 U.S.C. § 1182(i) entitles Wong to have the Attorney General exercise his discretion as to whether or not to admit Wong. We affirm the dismissal of plaintiffs’ lawsuit on the ground, not ruled on below, that plaintiffs’ complaint did not state a claim pursuant to which relief could be granted under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6).
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Wing Sun Wong lives in Hong Kong. He applied to the American consulate there for a visa in 1958. In his application, he made…
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