AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C. / California

Webb v. O'Brien Decided

injustice

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.)

Communities
  • Japanese American
Topics
  • land
Event type
  • court case

Sources

Also on November 19

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.)