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CHUNG FOOK v. WHITE

No. 299.

264 U.S. 443 (1924)

CHUNG FOOK v. WHITE, AS COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. G.W. Hott was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Harvey B. Cox, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

Chung Fook is a native-born citizen of the United States. Lee Shee, his wife, is an alien Chinese woman, ineligible for naturalization. In 1922 she sought admission to the United States, but was refused and detained at the immigration station, on the ground that she was an alien, afflicted with a dangerous contagious disease. No question is raised as to her alienage or the effect and character of her disease...

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