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· 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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