CHEUNG SUM SHEE et al. v. NAGLE, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION (1925)

CHEUNG SUM SHEE et al. v. NAGLE, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION
	Term: 1924
Important Dates
	Argued: April 17, 1925
	Decided: May 25, 1925
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • Harlan Fiske Stone • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

CHEUNG SUM SHEE et al. v. NAGLE, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1925. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 1925.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
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: 268 U.S. 336
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

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 liberal.