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WONG DOO v. UNITED STATES

No. 736.

265 U.S. 239 (1924)

WONG DOO v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Dawley and Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. George W. Hott was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. George Ross Hull, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a second petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a Chinese in custody under an order of deportation issued under § 19 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, c. 29, 39 Stat. 874.

In the first petition the validity of the order was assailed on two grounds: one that the Secretary of Labor issued it without lawful jurisdiction, and the...

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