On this day

November 12

2 verified events

injustice

Porterfield v. Webb Decided

Decided the same day as Terrace v. Thompson, the Supreme Court upheld California's Alien Land Law, ruling the US-Japan treaty gave Japanese immigrants no right to lease agricultural land. (Shares Nov 12 with Terrace v. Thompson.)

injustice

Terrace v. Thompson Decided

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld Washington State's Alien Land Law, allowing states to bar 'aliens ineligible to citizenship'-chiefly Asian immigrants-from owning or leasing farmland.