November 12, 1923

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.

Sources

  1. supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/263/197
  2. law.cornell.edu law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/263/197

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