CHIEN FAN CHU v. BROWNELL

No. 13643.

247 F.2d 790 (1957)

CHIEN FAN CHU et al., Appellants, v. Herbert BROWNELL, Jr., individually and as Attorney General of the United States, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. H. Krug, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. John W. Kern, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Donald E. Bilger, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, applied for adjustment of immigration status under the provisions of § 6 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953.1 An Acting Regional Commissioner after approving the denial of relief as recommended by a Special Inquiry Officer, also denied reconsideration, concluding that "the country of their last residence" was Formosa. In an action seeking declaratory relief, the District Court granted...

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