Legal Opinion
Terrace v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1923No. 29PublishedCited by 472 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
Appellants brought this spit to enjoin the Attorney General of Washington from enforcing the Anti-Alien Land Law of that State, c. 50, Laws, 1921, on the grounds that it is in conflict with the due process and.equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment; with'the treaty between the United States and Japan, and with certain provisions of the constitution of the State.
The" appellants are residents of Washington. ' The Terraces are citizens of the United States and of Washington. Nakatsuka was born in Japan of Japanese parents and is a subject of the Emperor of Japan. The Terraces are…
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