Yick Wo V. Hopkins
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Date decided | 1886 |
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Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
Majority | Matthews |
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Citations | U. S. |
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ID | 777559 |
About Yick Wo V. Hopkins
Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U. S. 356, was the first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that a law that is race-neutral on its face, but is administered in a prejudicial manner, is an infringement of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.