Legal Opinion
Gong Lum v. Rice
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 21, 1927No. 29PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taft
This was a petition for mandamus filed in the state Circuit Court of Mississippi for the First Judicial District of Bolivar County.
Gong Lum is a resident of Mississippi, resides in the Rosedale Consolidated High School District, and is the father of Martha Lum. ’ He is engaged in the mercantile business. Neither he nor she was connected with the consular service or any other service of . the government of China, or any other government, at the time of her birth. She was nine years old when the petition was filed, having been bom January 21, 1915, and she sued by her next friend, Chew How, who…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Ward v. FloodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- Cumming v. Richmond County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Cory v. CarterIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- People, Ex Rel. King v. . GallagherNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
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3Cited by79 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. CanadaSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Browder v. GayleDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1956
- Briggs v. ElliottDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1955
- Pennsylvania v. Local Union 542, International Union of Operating EngineersDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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