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CHANG CHAN v. NAGLE

No. 770.

268 U.S. 346 (1925)

CHANG CHAN, WONG HUNG KAY, YEE SIN JUNG ET AL. v. NAGLE, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick D. McKenney and Mr. George A. McGowan, with whom Messrs. Jackson H. Ralston, John L. McNab, Roger O'Donnell, George W. Hott, W.J. Peters, M. Walton Hendry, J.P. Fallon, O.P. Stidger, W.G. Becktell and Gaston Straus were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Donovan, with whom the Solicitor General was on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Henry W. Taft filed a brief as amicus curiae by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, Chang Chan and three others, claiming to be native born citizens of the United States permanently domiciled therein, sought release from detention by the Immigration Commissioner of four young Chinese women, alleged to be their lawful wives wedded in China prior to July 1, 1924. On that day the young women were on the high seas as passengers upon the...

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