Legal Opinion
Kum Chor Chee v. Katzenbach
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided April 11, 1966No. Civ. No. 2342PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAVARES, District Judge.. Plaintiff seeks a decree that he is a citizen of the United States. He bases his claim on Section 503 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C. § 903, and on his assertion that Section 503 should be given retroactive effect. The defendant moves to dismiss, claiming that Section 503 was not meant to apply retroactively.
Plaintiff was born in China in 1921; in 1937 he applied for admission to the United States, claiming United States citizenship. He was given a hearing before a Board of Special Inquiry and upon its denial of his application, he applied to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Junso Fujii v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Stewart v. DullesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Frausto v. BrownellDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1956
- John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State v. Susanne RichterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Hitaka Suda v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Kum Chor Chee v. KatzenbachDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1966
- Kum Chor Chee v. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967