Legal Opinion
Sei Fujii v. State of California
California Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1952No. L. A. 21149PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, C. J.
Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state. There is no treaty between this country and Japan which confers upon plaintiff the right to own land, and the sole question presented on this appeal is the validity of the California Alien Land Law.1
United Nations Charter
It is first contended that the land law has been invalidated and superseded by the provisions of the United Nations Charter pledging the member nations to promote the observance of…
2Cases cited51 opinions
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- Korematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by89 opinions
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