Legal Opinion

Lee Sim v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided November 10, 1914No. 54PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from an order of the District Court for the Western District of New York, denying the appellant’s application for a writ of habeas corpus.

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant Lee Sim, is a Chinaman who was arrested in a freight car in the city of Buffalo on March 13, 1914, and has been ordered deported on the ground that he has been found in the United States in violation of the act of Congress approved February 20,1907 (34 Stat. 898, c. 1134), amended by the act approved March 26, 1910 (36 Stat. 263, c. 128). He is ordered deported for the following among other reasons:

“That the said alien is unlawfully within the United States in that he entered without inspection.”

The day following his arrest he was granted a hearing by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Nishimura Ekiu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Lewis v. FrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. United States v. Wong YouSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. In re YuenDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1910
  5. Ark Foo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1904

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Ly Shew v. AchesonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1953
  2. Lee Wing Hong v. DullesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
  3. Mui Sam Hun v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935
  4. Jung See v. NashCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  5. Couto v. ShaughnessyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955

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