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Yick Wo v. Hopkins

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Criticized by some courts
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
118 U.S. 356
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
51 of 51
Citing cases (total)
51
Treatment dates
1913
Criticized by some courts
At least one reviewed court has criticized this case’s reasoning. No reviewed court has overruled it. Yick Wo v. Hopkins remains binding but has been criticized. The Supreme Court of Montana expressed reluctance to accept its doctrine, then applied it.
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51 later cases cite Yick Wo v. Hopkins; 51 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Criticized

  • The Montana Supreme Court expressed reluctance to accept Yick Wo's doctrine but held it binding and affirmed the judgment on its authority.

    Quong Wing v. Kirkendall · Supreme Court of Montana · filed

    However reluctant we may be to subscribe to the doctrine announced in Yick Wo v. Hopkins, above, the decision in that case is binding upon us. Upon the authority of the former decision of this case by the supreme court of the United States, and the case of Yick Wo v. Hopkins, above, the judgment is affirmed.
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