In re Ah Lung

In re Ah Lung
In re Ah Lung
Court	United States Circuit Court for the Districts of California
Full case name	In re Ah Lung
Decided	September 24, 1883
Citation	18 F. 28
Holding
	Denied release of petitioner from detention
Court membership
Judges sitting	Stephen Johnson Field, Lorenzo Sawyer
Laws applied
	Chinese Exclusion Act and Article One of the United States Constitution

In re Ah Lung, 18 F. 28 (D.Cal. 1883), was a case decided by the United States Circuit Court for the Districts of California on September 24, 1883 that challenged detention pursuant to the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Before the Court was the issue of whether the Chinese Exclusion Act's immigration restriction applied to a British subject born in Hong Kong.The Court ruled that "Chinese laborers" extended to encompass "all Chinese laborers, without regard to the country of which they may be subjects."