Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Lee Kum Hoy v. Shaughnessy
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 25, 1956No. 373, Docket 23972PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the relators are three Chinese-born minors claiming admission to the United States as citizens by derivation from one Lee Ha, concededly an American citizen, alleged to be their father. The respondent is the District Director of the New York-District of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The putative father, who sued out the writ, came to the United States as a derivative citizen in 1926. He returned to China for a visit in 1929 and again visited China in 1938 for a period of 16 months. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mar Gong v. Brownell, Atty. GenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Tulsidas v. Insular Collector of CustomsSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Mar Gong v. McGraneryDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1952
- O'Connell ex rel. Kwong Han Foo v. WardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1942
- United States Ex Rel. Lee Kum Hoy v. ShaughnessyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1953
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Oi Lan Lee v. District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service at Los Angeles, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Et Min Ng v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- LBoard of Immigration Appeals · 1959
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