Mar Fow Lun v. Nagle

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented for decision on the present appeal is this: Was the adopted son of a native-born citizen of the United States, both belonging to the Chinese race, entitled to be admitted to this country prior to the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1924 (8 US-CA § 145 et seq.). Upon this question there is a direct conflict of authority. In United States v. Pierce, 285 F. 663, Judge Learned Hand, sitting in the District Court, decided in favor of the right of admission, and his decision was followed and approved by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First…