January 19, 1948

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Oyama v. California Decided

The Supreme Court ruled that California's Alien Land Law, as applied, violated the Fourteenth Amendment rights of Fred Oyama, a US citizen whose immigrant father had bought land in his name. The Court did not strike the law itself. (Shares Jan 19 with the 1930 Watsonville anti-Filipino riots.)

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Oyama_v._California
  2. supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/332/633

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