Legal Opinion
Ex parte Chin Doe Tung
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided July 27, 1916No. 3378PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In the matter of the application of Chin Doe Tung for a writ of ha-beas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
I think the petition must be dismissed and the writ discharged. This court, in Ex parte Moola Singh et al., 207 Fed. 780, at page 782, said:
*1018“The authority of the immigration officers and the jurisdiction of the courts depend upon power conferred by Congress. It is a matter of legislation. No discretion is vested in the courts. Congress has the right to legislate upon the subject, prescribe rules, fix limits, and confer authority where it deems wise in legislating upon the subject at hand. The supreme authority is conferred upon the immigration officers. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chin Yow v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Ex parte Moola SinghDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ex parte HornDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1923