Legal Opinion

Wong Wing Foo v. McGrath Atty. Gen. Of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 28, 1952No. 12986_1PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a suit brought under 8 U.S.C.A. § 903 for a judgment declaring appellant, plaintiff below, hereafter called plaintiff, to be a national of the United States. The district court held him not to be the son of one Wong Yem, an American citizen, and hence not entitled to enter the United States under the provisions of 8 U.S.C.A. § 601(c).

Plaintiff was born in China in 1928 and resided there until his voyage to San Francisco, California, where he arrived November 28, 1948. Upon presenting a passport from the American Consulate General at…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. Ju ToySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. Perkins v. ElgSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Podea v. Acheson, Secretary of State of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
  4. McGrath Atty. Gen. v. Tadayasu Abo McGrath Atty. Gen. v. Kaname FuruyaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
  5. Gung You v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Olender v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
  2. Jefferey Dale Ellis, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Ann Ellis, Deceased v. International Playtex, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
  3. The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania v. Lexington Insurance Company v. Affiliated Risk Control Administrators of Pennsylvania, Inc. And Insurance Company of North America, Aetna Insurance Company, Cigna Companies and Johnson & Higgins of Pennsylvania, Inc. And Alexander & Alexander, Inc. And Duane Morris & Heckscher, a Pennsylvania Partnership and McCabe James J. Esquire Individually and Medical Professional Liability Catastrophe Loss FundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
  4. Wladyslaw Felzcerek v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
  5. Parrott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966

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