In re Lee Sing
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
At Law. The ordinance under which the arrest was made is as follows: “Order Ho. 2190 designating the location and the district in which Chinese shall reside and carry on business in this city and county.
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At Law. The ordinance under which the arrest was made is as follows: “Order Ho. 2190 designating the location and the district in which Chinese shall reside and carry on business in this city and county. “The people of the city and county of San Francisco do hereby ordain as follows: “Section 1. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any Chinese to locate, reside, or carry on business within the limits of the city and county of San Francispo, except in that district of said city and county hereinafter prescribed for their location. “Sec. 2. The following portions of the city and county of…
1Opinion of the CourtSaw'yer, J.
The petitioners are under arrest for the violation of order No. 2190, commonly called the “Bingham Ordinance,” requiring all Chinese inhabitants to remove from the portion of the city heretofore occupied by them, outside the city and-county, or to another designated part of the city and county.
Article 14, § 1, of the constitution of the United States reads as follows:
“Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which…
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