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· 11/21/1927

Gong Lum v. Rice

Citations

  • 275 U.S. 78
  • 48 S. Ct. 91
  • 72 L. Ed. 172
  • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 256

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a 9-year-old Chinese-American girl could be denied entry to a \white\ school because she was \a member of the Mongolian or yellow race\
  • holding that a 9-year-old Chinese-American girl could be denied entry to a “white” school because she was “a member of the Mongolian or yellow race”
  • upholding a state court ruling requiring an American citizen of Chinese descent to attend school for “colored” children and not for white children
  • upholding a state court ruling requiring an American citizen of Chinese descent to attend school for “colored” children and not for white children

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Judges: Taft

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