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In the Matter of Y

3 Cited authorities

  1. Rabang v. Boyd

    353 U.S. 427 (1957)   Cited 16 times
    Rejecting argument that Congress did not have authority to alter the immigration status of persons born in the Philippines

  2. Weedin v. Bow

    274 U.S. 657 (1927)   Cited 22 times
    Considering Acts of 1790, 1795 and 1798

  3. Toyota v. United States

    268 U.S. 402 (1925)   Cited 21 times
    In Toyota v. U.S., 268 U.S. 402, at page 410, 45 S. Ct. 563, 565, 69 L. Ed. 1016, the court said: "But we hold that until the passage of that act [the statute under examination], Filipinos not being `free white persons' or `of African nativity' were not eligible, and that the effect of the Act of 1918 was to make eligible, and to authorize the naturalization of, native-born Filipinos of whatever color or race having the qualifications specified in the seventh subdivision of section 4."