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UNITED STATES v. WONG KIM ARK

No. 132.

169 U.S. 649 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 456

42 L.Ed. 890

UNITED STATES, v. WONG KIM ARK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Conrad, with whom was Mr. George D. Collins on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Maxwell Evarts and Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, for appellee. Mr. Thomas D. Riordan filed a brief for same.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The facts of this case, as agreed by the parties, are as follows: Wong Kim Ark was born in 1873 in the city of San Francisco, in the State of California and United States of America, and was and is a laborer. His father and mother were persons of Chinese descent, and subjects of the Emperor of China; they were at the time of his birth domiciled residents of the United States, having previously...

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