Leng May Ma v. Barber
357 U.S. 185 · Decided June 16, 1958 · Supreme Court of the United States
Record summary. This page is generated from the Supreme Court Database’s coded data about the case. It describes who decided what, not the Court’s reasoning. Read the opinion itself before relying on it. Not legal advice.
At a glance
Leng May Ma v. Barber was decided on June 16, 1958 by a vote of 5–4. The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. Justice Tom C. Clark wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Deportation” in the Civil Rights area.
Read the opinion
Case details
- Citations
- 357 U.S. 185 · 78 S. Ct. 1072 · 2 L. Ed. 2d 1246 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 817
- Docket number
- 105
- Decided
- June 16, 1958
- Argued
- May 20, 1958
- Court era
- Warren Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party did not receive a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Tom C. Clark
- Opinion assigned by
- Felix Frankfurter
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Deportation
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Legal provision
- Immigration and Nationality statutes
- Type of law
- Federal statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Conservative what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Hugo L. Black | Dissent | |
| Justice Felix Frankfurter | Majority | |
| Justice William O. Douglas | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Harold H. Burton | Majority | |
| Justice Tom C. Clark | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice Earl Warren | Dissent | |
| Justice John M. Harlan II | Majority | |
| Justice William J. Brennan Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
Full case caption
Leng May Ma v. Barber, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
SCDB identifiers: case 1957-124, docket 1957-124-01.
Related decisions
Other cases on “Deportation”
- Rogers v. Quan
- Bonetti v. Rogers
- Dessalernos v. Savoretti
- Heikkinen v. United States
- Lehmann v. United States ex Rel. Carson or Carasaniti
- Mulcahey v. Catalanotte
Cases on the same legal provision: Immigration and Nationality statutes
- Nowak v. United States
- Maisenberg v. United States
- United States v. Cores
- Perez v. Brownell
- Trop v. DullesLaw held unconstitutional
- Nishikawa v. Dulles
Same Term, same area (Civil Rights)
- Heikkinen v. United States
- Harmon v. Brucker
- Marshall v. Brucker
- Perez v. Brownell
- Trop v. DullesLaw held unconstitutional
- Nishikawa v. Dulles
Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error