Immigration Law

Resource 11 . 2

9 minutes

Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding

Peter Spiro

Chew was excluded under the same regime that was applied in Knauff and Mezei. How did the Court reach a different result in this case? What is it about Chew that limits the ruling to a very unusual set of facts? Why is Chew nonetheless an interesting case at the intersection of Knauff/Mezei on the one hand and Yamataya on the other?

Supreme Court of the United States

344 U.S. 590, 97 L. Ed. 2d 576, 73 S. Ct. 472, 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2554, SCDB 1952-047

No. 17

1953-02-09

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