THE CHINESE EXCLUSION CASE

No. 1446.

130 U.S. 581 (1889)

THE CHINESE EXCLUSION CASE. CHAE CHAN PING v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. James C. Carter argued the case orally for appellant.

Mr. Harvey S. Brown and Mr. Thomas D. Riordan also filed a brief for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. G.A. Johnson, Attorney General of California, Mr. Stephen M. White and Mr. John F. Swift for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

The appeal involves a consideration of the validity of the act of Congress of October 1, 1888, prohibiting Chinese laborers from entering the United States who had departed before its passage, having a certificate issued under the act of 1882 as amended by the act of 1884, granting them permission to return. The validity of the act is assailed as being in effect an expulsion...

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