Legal Opinion
Oyama v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 17, 1947No. 44PublishedCited by 353 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of California’s Alien Land Law1 as it has been applied in this case to effect an escheat of two small parcels of agricultural land.2 One of the petitioners is Fred Oyama, a minor American citizen in whose name title was taken. The other is his father and guardian, Kajiro Oyama, a Japanese citizen not eligible for naturalization,3 who paid the purchase price.
Petitioners press three attacks on the Alien Land Law as it has been applied in this case: first, that it deprives Fred Oyama of the equal protection of the laws and of his privileges as an…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Patton v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by353 opinions
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- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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