Legal Opinion
People v. Oyama
California Supreme Court
Decided October 31, 1946No. L. A. 19533PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdmonds, J.
Principally upon the ground that the United States Supreme Court has changed the constitutional tests applicable to state legislation such as the Alien Land Law (Alien Property Initiative Act of 1920, Stats. 1921, p. lxxxiii, as amended; 1 Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 261), the validity of that statute is again challenged. Another question presented for decision concerns the effect of the recent amendment of the federal law which allows, under certain circumstances, a member of the Japanese race to become a citizen of the United States.
In the petition filed by the attorney general, he asserted…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Oyama v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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