CHENG FAN KWOK v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1968)

CHENG FAN KWOK v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1967
Important Dates
	Argued: May 2, 1968
	Decided: June 10, 1968
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Byron White

CHENG FAN KWOK v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1968. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1968.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 392 U.S. 206
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.