Legal Opinion
The Citizenship of a Person Born in the United States of Chinese Parents
United States Circuit Court
Decided September 29, 1884PublishedCited by 15 opinions
On Habeas Corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
Field, Justice.
The petitioner belongs to the Chinese race, but he was born in Mendocino, in the state of California, in 1870. In 1879 *906he went to China, and returned to the port of San Francisco during the present month, (September, 1884,) and now seeks to land, claiming the right to do so as a natural-born citizen of the United States. It is admitted by an agreed statement of facts that his parents are now residing in Mendocino, in California, and have resided there for the last 20 years; that they are of the Chinese race, and have always been subjects of the emperor of China; that his father…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Worcester v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
- United States v. OsbornDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1880
- McKay v. CampbellDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1871
3Cited by15 opinions
- Perkins v. ElgCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Fox v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1924
- MacKenzie v. HareCalifornia Supreme Court · 1913
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- Ex parte Chin KingUnited States Circuit Court · 1888
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