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TOM HONG, ALIAS HOM POE, v. UNITED STATES (1904)

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TOM HONG, ALIAS HOM POE, v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1903
Decided: March 21, 1904
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

TOM HONG, ALIAS HOM POE, v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1904. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1903.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 193 U.S. 517
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rufus Day

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.

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