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CHIN FONG v. BACKUS

No. 664.

241 U.S. 1 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 490

60 L.Ed. 859

CHIN FONG v. BACKUS, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION FOR THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. William E. Richardson was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General William Wallace, Jr., for the appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for habeas corpus and remanding petitioner to the custody of the Commissioner of Immigration for the Port of San Francisco, in whose custody he was, pending petitioner's deportation.

A summary of the petition made by the District Court is as follows:

"Petitioner Chin Fong, who had been a resident of the...

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