In re Can Pon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. Look Wing, the father of the petitioner presented to the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that in the month of August, 1892, in the city of Seattle, state of Washington, Can Pon was born of Chinese parents who then resided and were permanently domiciled in said city; that in the year 1899 he, with his parents, departed from the…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington. Look Wing, the father of the petitioner presented to the court below a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that in the month of August, 1892, in the city of Seattle, state of Washington, Can Pon was born of Chinese parents who then resided and were permanently domiciled in said city; that in the year 1899 he, with his parents, departed from the United States and went to the empire of China, where he remained until October, 1907; that he then returned to the United…
1Opinion of the CourtGirbert, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is suggested that this court is without j urisdiction of the appeal, for the reason that the case presents questions of the application of the Constitution of the 'United States. We find no ground for so holding. If the case as brought to this court presented constitutional questions only, the appellate court jurisdiction of the Supreme Court would, of course, be exclusive. It is doubtful whether the appeal does involve the application of the Constitution. No such question is suggested in *482the assignment of error or in the brief of either of the parties…
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- Quock Ting v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- United States v. Ju ToySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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