Farrington v. Tokushige

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Farrington v. Tokushige
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 21, 1927 Decided February, 1927
Full case name: Farrington v. Tokushige Citations: 273 U.S. 284 Prior history: Injunction granted, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; affirmed, 11 F.2d 710 (9th Cir. 1926); cert. granted, 273 U.S. 677
Holding
The Territory of Hawaii's law making schools that teach foreign languages without a permit illegal violates the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice: William Howard Taft Associate Justices: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, James Clark McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, Edward Terry Sanford, Harlan Fiske Stone
Case opinions
Majority by: McReynolds Joined by: unanimous
Laws applied
Amendment V, Act 30, Special Session 1920, legislature of Hawaii

Farrington v. Tokushige, 273 U.S. 284 (1927),^[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously struck down the Territory of Hawaii's law making schools that teach foreign languages without a permit illegal because it violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 273

[edit] References

1. ^ 273 U.S. 284 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.