Legal Opinion
Wong Gook Chun v. Proctor
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1936No. 8098PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.
The appellant sought admission into the United States at the Port of Seattle, Wash., on May 8, 1935, as the foreign-born daughter of a native, Wong Gim. Her application for admission was denied by the Board of Special Inquiry at Seattle, from which decision she appealed to the Secretary of Labor at Washington, D. G, who dismissed the appeal and directed that she be returned to China. Petition for writ of habeas corpus was filed in the District Court and denied, from which order this appeal is taken.
The applicant, her alleged father, and her alleged brother, Wong Goon,…
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