People v. Hall

How courts have described this case

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

• excluding the testimony of witnesses of color on the basis of race
• the Chinese were “a race of people whom nature has marked as inferior, and who are incapable of progress or intellectual development beyond a certain point”
• the Chinese, being “a race of people whom nature has marked as inferior” and who are “incapable of progress or intellectual development beyond a certain point,” may be precluded from testifying against white persons

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Marriage Cases
  California Supreme Court· 2008-05-15· cited 139×
• Perez v. Sharp
  California Supreme Court· 1948-10-01· cited 126×
• Hi-Voltage Wire Works, Inc. v. City of San Jose
  California Supreme Court· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Castro v. State of California
  California Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 65×
• Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1988-04-14· cited 63×
• DeRonde v. Regents of the University of California
  California Supreme Court· 1981-02-11· cited 29×
• Ortiz v. Bank of America
  E.D. California· 1982-09-09· cited 22×
• Martinez v. Winner
  D. Colorado· 1982-07-30· cited 22×
• Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. v. Cal. Milk Producers Advisory Bd.
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-07-03· cited 18×
• Donaldson v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17· cited 13×
• State v. Phelps
  Montana Supreme Court· 1933-01-19· cited 11×
• State v. Mendez
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1936-10-02· cited 11×
• Bower v. Dockweiler
  California Court of Appeal· 1941-12-02· cited 7×
• In Re Hong Yen Chang
  California Supreme Court· 2015-03-16· cited 6×
• Don Wilson Builders v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County
  California Court of Appeal· 1963-09-11· cited 4×
• People v. Elyea
  California Supreme Court· 1859-07-01· cited 1×
• Donaldson v. State of Montana
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17
• Henderson v. Thompson
  Washington Supreme Court· 2022-10-20