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NG FUNG HO v. WHITE

No. 176.

259 U.S. 276 (1922)

NG FUNG HO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS UNG KIP, ET AL. v. WHITE, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. George W. Hott and Mr. Geo. A. McGowan were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. William C. Herron, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 27, 1919, five persons of the Chinese race, of whom four are petitioners herein, joined in an application for a writ of habeas corpus to the judge of the federal court for the Southern Division of the Northern District of California. A writ issued directed to the Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of San Francisco, who held the petitioners in custody...

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