November 12, 1923 · Washington, D.C.

Terrace v. Thompson Decided

injustice

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

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

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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.)