Ex parte Woo Jan’s Empirical Analysis
228 F. 927 · 1916
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Low Wah Suey v. Backus · Lewis v. Frick · Helena Bugajewitz v. Louis Adams D C · Anna Lapina v. William Williams · United States v. Mescall
Most-quoted passages
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““Sec. 21. That in case the Secretary of [Commerce and] Labor shall be satisfied that an alien has been found in the United States in violation of this Act, or that an alien is subject to deportation under the provisions of this Act or of any law of the United States [italics ours], he shall cause such alien within the.period of three years after landing or entry therein to be taken into custody and returned to the country whence he came. . . .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Has the Secretary of Labor, acting within three years from the last entry, jurisdiction to arrest and deport a Chinese alien upon the sole ground that he is found in this country in violation of the Chinese exclusion act? “ (6) Are the facts stated in Woo Jan’s petition and admitted by demurrer inconsistent with any jurisdiction in the Department of Labor to cause his arrest and deportation?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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