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YEE WON v. WHITE

No. 209.

256 U.S. 399 (1921)

YEE WON v. WHITE, AS COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M. Walton Hendry and Mr. John L. McNab for petitioner. Mr. Joseph P. Fallon was also on the brief.

The Solicitor General for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

The courts below denied petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus to secure release of his wife and minor children, who, having been denied admission upon their arrival at San Francisco from China, were being held for return. 258 Fed. Rep. 792. He must be regarded here as a Chinese person first permitted to enter the United States in 1901 as a resident...

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