THE JAPANESE IMMIGRANT CASE

No. 171.

189 U.S. 86 (1903)

THE JAPANESE IMMIGRANT CASE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1903.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Vere Goldthwaite, with whom Mr. Harold Preston and Mr. Walter A. Keene were on the brief, for the appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for the appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

It will conduce to a clear understanding of the questions to be determined if we recall certain legislation of Congress relating to the exclusion of aliens from the United States, and to the treaty of 1894 between Japan and the United States.

By the Deficiency Appropriation Act of October 19, 1888, c. 1210, it was provided...

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