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OZAWA v. UNITED STATES

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260 U.S. 178 (1922)

TAKAO OZAWA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Wickersham, with whom Mr. David L. Withington was on the briefs, for Takao Ozawa.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of the State of California, and Mr. Frank English, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellant is a person of the Japanese race born in Japan. He applied, on October 16, 1914, to the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii to be admitted as a citizen of the United States. His petition was opposed by the United States District Attorney for the District of Hawaii. Including the period of his residence in Hawaii, appellant had continuously...

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