Legal Opinion

Yung Jin Teung ex rel. Yung Quock Kew v. Dulles

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided January 20, 1956No. Nos. 19-28, Dockets 23414-23423PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals in ten similar cases brought under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 903,* which gave District Courts jurisdiction under certain circumstances to grant declaratory judgments determining citizenship. The suits were brought in December 1952 just a few days before the effective date of the Act of June 27, 1952, § 403(a) (42) which repealed the Act of 1940 subject to certain savings clauses contained in § 405, 8 U.S. C.A. §§ 1101 note.

Plaintiffs are all persons of Chinese origin who have sought passports enabling them to enter…

2Cases cited11 opinions

Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
United States v. GraysonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
Olender v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
Vanadium Corp. v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926

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3Cited by1 opinion

Yung Jin Teung, as Father and Next Friend of Yung Quock Kew, a Minor, and Yung Quock Kew v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Yee Yin, as Father and Next Friend of Yee Fook, and Yee Fook v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Gong Gen Duck, as Brother and Next Friend of Gong Gen Ning, and Gong Gen Ning v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Fong Yet Ying, as Father and Next Friend of Fong King Gim, and Fong King Gim v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Mar Lin, as Father and Next Friend of Mar Ngew, a Minor, and Mar Ngew v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Ngai Sheung Suey, as Brother and Next Friend of Ngai Sheung Foon, and Ngai Sheung Foon v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hom Ung, as Father and Next Friend of Hom Foon Yee, and Hom Foon Yee v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Woon You Koon, as Brother and Next Friend of Woon You Kee, and Woon You Kee v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Wong Kim Leong, as Father and Next Friend of Wong Seng Lim, Wong Goon Ngew and Wong Yook Min, and Wong Seng Lim, Wong Goon Ngew and Wong Yook Min v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of America, Wong Fook, as Father and Next Friend of Wong Shee Tong and Wong Shee Fong, and Wong Shee Tong and Wong Shee Fong v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956