Quong Wing v. Kirkendall

Citations

• 223 U.S. 59
• 32 S. Ct. 192
• 56 L. Ed. 350
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2213

Syllabus

<p>A State does not deny equal protection' of the laws by adjusting its revenue laws to favor certain industries.</p> <p>A State, like the United States, although with more restrictions and to a less degree, may carry out a policy even if the courts may disagree as to the wisdom thereof.</p> <p>In carrying out its policy, a State may make discriminations so long ■ as they'are not- unreasonable or purely arbitrary.-</p> <p>On the record as presented in this case, and without prejudice to 'determining the’question, if raised in a different way, the statute of Montana imposing a license fee on hand laundries does not appear to be an unconstitutional denial of equal protection of the laws because it does not apply 4o steam laundries and because it exempts from its operation laundries not employing more than two women.</p> <p>The Fourteenth Amendment does not interfere with state legislation by creating a fictitious equality where there is a real difference.</p> <p>Quaere: Whether this statute is aimed directly at the Chinese, in which .■ case it might be a discrimination denying equal protection.</p> <p>When counsel do ndt bring the facts before it, the court is not bound to make inquiries.</p> <p>Courts sometimes enforce' laws which would be declared invalid if attacked in a different manner.</p>