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Supreme Court· 11/8/1920

United States v. Butt

Citations

  • 254 U.S. 38
  • 41 S. Ct. 37
  • 65 L. Ed. 119
  • 1920 U.S. LEXIS 1233

Syllabus

<p>An indictment for unlawfully bringing Chinese aliens into the United States will lie under § 8 of the Immigration Act of February 5,1917, where the acts charged do not go far enough to amount to a landing in violation of § 11 of the Chinese Exclusion Act of July 5,1884. P. 41. ' '</p> <p>Reversed.</p>

Judges: McKenna

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