Historical Court Statement: Opinion of the U.S. District Court Regarding the Detainment of Wong Kim Ark

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Historical Court Statement: Opinion of the U.S. District Court Regarding the Detainment of Wong Kim Ark

1/3/1896

Historical Court Statement

The National Archives Catalog features a document created by the U.S. District Court in the Northern District, which provides a legal opinion in the case regarding Wong Kim Ark's detainment in California, the state where he was born, after he return from a trip to China. According to the source, the court citing the 14th amendment to determine that he was an American citizen and his detainment was illegal.

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National Archives Catalog (Contributor: U.S. District Court for the Southern - San Francisco - Division of the Northern District of California)

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