Legal Opinion
Young Ah Chor v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1959No. 16264PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.
Appellant and one Young Ah Kwai were born in Sun Mung Tung Village, China. In 1951 they applied for United States passports from the American Consul at Hong Kong, British Crown Colony, where they resided at the time of the applications, although both claimed the Territory of Hawaii as their permanent residence. The applications were denied. Thereafter they instituted an action in the United States District Court of Hawaii, under Section 503 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1940 (Section 903, Title 8 U.S.C.A. * ), for decrees adjudging them to be citizens of…
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