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Supreme Court· 6/1/1976

Hampton v. Mow Sun Wong

Citations

  • 426 U.S. 88
  • 96 S. Ct. 1895
  • 48 L. Ed. 2d 495
  • 1976 U.S. LEXIS 153

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the Civil Service Commission cannot deny lawfully admitted resident aliens substantial opportunities for federal employment under the Due Process Clause
  • holding that an arbitrary regulation barring aliens from employment in the federal civil service violates due process, though suggesting that a classification based on a legitimate “overriding national interest” would not violate equal protection
  • suggesting that in certain circumstances citizenship requirement might be justified in federal service although the identical requirement would be prohibited if imposed by a state
  • recognizing the distinction between the exercise of the executive power by the President and by other members of the executive branch
  • noting that Civil Service Commission regulations construed “nationals” “who owe permanent allegiance to the United States” to cover only natives of American Samoa (citing 5 C.F.R. § 338.101 (1976))
  • recognizing the distinction between the exercise of the executive power by the President and by other members of the executive branch

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Judges: Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, Stewart

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