Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon of the CFI had been expected to rule on the case on 29 September 2011. However, the Hong Kong Observatory raised tropical cyclone warning signal No. 8 due to the approach of Typhoon Nesat early that morning, meaning that government offices closed for the day. The next morning, the weather had returned to normal, and Lam announced his ruling that the relevant provision of the Immigration Ordinance was inconsistent with the Basic Law. Vallejos herself did not attend court that day, as she was at work.
Joseph N. Langan
From his experience on the Board of Registrars, Gonzales later testified for the plaintiffs in a court case, "Davis et al. v. Schnell et al." It was brought in 1948 by ten Mobile County African-American residents against the Board of Registrars for discrimination under the amendment. A three-judge panel in federal district court declared the Boswell Amendment unconstitutional, as it violated the Fifteenth Amendment of the US Constitution. This decision was upheld in appeals up to the US Supreme Court.