Chae Chan Ping v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The court stated the case as follows in its opinion: This case comes, before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California refusing to release the appellant, on a writ of habeas corpus., from his alleged unlawful detention by «Captain Walker, master of the steamship Belgic, lying witliin the harbor of. San Francisco.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The court stated the case as follows in its opinion: This case comes, before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California refusing to release the appellant, on a writ of habeas corpus., from his alleged unlawful detention by «Captain Walker, master of the steamship Belgic, lying witliin the harbor of. San Francisco. The appellant is a subject of the Emperor of China and a laborer by occupation. He resided at San Francisco, California,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The appeal involyes a consideration of the validity of the act of Congress of October 1, 1888, prohibiting Chinese laborers from entering the United States who had departed before its passage, having a certificate issued’ under the act of 1882 as' amended by the act of 1884, granting them permission to return. The validity of the act is assailed as being in effect. an - expulsion from the' country of Chinese' laborers, in violation of existing treaties between the United States and the government of China, and of rights vested in them under the laws of Congress.
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