injustice
Frick v. Webb Decided
A companion to Webb v. O'Brien decided the same day, the Supreme Court upheld barring Japanese immigrants from owning stock in a corporation formed to hold agricultural land. (Shares Nov 19 with Webb v. O'Brien.)
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November 19
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injustice
Webb v. O'Brien Decided
The Supreme Court closed a workaround to California's Alien Land Law, holding that a cropping contract letting a Japanese immigrant farm a citizen's land was itself barred. (Shares Nov 19 with Frick v. Webb.)
achievement
Kalpana Chawla Launches Into Space
The Indian-born engineer became the first woman of South Asian descent in space, aboard STS-87.