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UNITED STATES v. SHAUGHNESSY

123 F.Supp. 674 (1954)

UNITED STATES ex rel. LEE KUM HOY et al. v. SHAUGHNESSY.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

August 31, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hong & Gim, New York City, for relators, Benny Gim, New York City, of counsel.

J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, for respondent, Harold R. Tyler, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, Lester Friedman, Atty., Immigration and Naturalization Service, New York City, of counsel.

DIMOCK, District Judge.

This writ of habeas corpus was originally sued out to attack the right of respondent to hold three persons of the Chinese race born in China who had been excluded from the United States. They had contended that they were American citizens by virtue of the citizenship of one Lee Ha whom they claimed as their father. They were then held pursuant to a determination of a Board of Special Inquiry rejecting the claim of paternity. The determination...

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