· 6/7/1926
Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad
Citations
- 271 U.S. 500
- 46 S. Ct. 619
- 70 L. Ed. 1059
- 1926 U.S. LEXIS 642
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- statute prohibiting keeping of account books in any language other than English or Spanish denies equal protection of law to Chinese merchants
- \[A] court may not exercise legislative functions to save the law from conflict with constitutional limitation.\
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Judges: Mr. Chief Justice Taft
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