DULLES v. QUAN YOKE FONG

No. 15006.

237 F.2d 496 (1956)

John Foster DULLES, as Secretary of State, Appellant, v. QUAN YOKE FONG, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Max F. Deutz, James R. Dooley, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Kathleen Parker, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and LEMMON and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Dulles from a judgment of the district court, declaring appellee to be a citizen of the United States. The suit was filed under Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 19401 on December 23, 1952, by appellee, a Chinese who was born in China on February 13, 1930.

Dulles' appeal makes two primary contentions. One is that the district court lacked jurisdiction to act under Section 503 because...

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