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For
your consideration:
An Early Victory for
Equal Protection & Civil Rights: 
Rejecting Anti-Chinese Legislation 
Field, Stephen J. The invalidity of the “Queue Ordinance” of the city and county of San Francisco. Opinion of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district of California, in Ho Ah Kow vs. Matthew Nunan, delivered July 7th, 1879. San Francisco: J.L. Rice & Co., 1879. 8vo (23.3 cm, 9.2"). 43, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. 
unconstitutional.
Following the opinion is an appendix providing “history of the legislation of the Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco against the Chinese . . . compiled by one of the counsel in the above case [i.e., B.S. Brooks] from the records of the Supervisors and the newspapers of the city.” The text was printed from a revised copy, according to the title-page.
• Publisher's printed paper wrappers; corners and edges chipped, paper partially lost over spine, front wrapper with short tear from outer edge (not touching text), back wrapper with outer edge shortened. The whole now housed in a quarter navy morocco clamshell case with deep blue cloth–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped compartment decorations. Pages slightly age-toned. 
A landmark document of American Constitutional law. (34196)
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For ANGLO-AMERICAN LAW, click here. For HUMAN RIGHTS, click here. For CONSTITUTIONS & CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, click here. For CHINA, click here.
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