November 19, 1923 · Washington, D.C. / California

Frick v. Webb Decided

injustice

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.)

Sources

supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/263/326
govinfo.gov govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-263/pdf/USREPORTS-263-326.pdf

Also on November 19

November 19, 1923 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.)

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