In re Yuen Loo Wong
District Court, D. Hawaii
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, Judge.
Heretofore in 1931 upon Petition No. 1917 this identical applicant, then known as Loo Yuen Wong, was denied citizenship. Her petition was denied because though she married an alien then ineligible to citizenship on November 12, 1918, the Court held upon the authority of its holding in Petition No. 1713, In Re Anna Kauakahilau Hunt, that the existence upon the date of her marriage of a state of war prevented her expatriation and she consequently retained her native status then and even after the official termination of World War I, Act of Mar. 2, 1907, 34 Stat.1228. Now in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re VaratDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1932
- In re Shee Mui Chong Yuen's RepatriationDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1944
- Petition of PetersonDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1940