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YAMASHITA v. HINKLE

No. 177.

260 U.S. 199 (1922)

TAKUJI YAMASHITA ET AL. v. HINKLE, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Wickersham, with whom Mr. Corwin S. Shank was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. L.L. Thompson, Attorney General of the State of Washington, with whom Mr. E.W. Anderson was on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of the State of California, and Mr. Frank English, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents one of the questions involved in the case of Takao Ozawa v. United States, this day decided, ante, 178, viz.: Are the petitioners, being persons of the Japanese race born in Japan, entitled to naturalization under § 2169 of the Revised Statutes of the United States?

Certificates of naturalization were issued to both petitioners by a Superior Court of the...

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