Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad

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Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad
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Argued April 12–13, 1926
Decided June 7, 1926
Full case name Yu Cong Eng, et al. v. Trinidad, Collector, et al.
Citations 271 U.S. 500 (more)
46 S. Ct. 619; 70 L. Ed. 1059; 1926 U.S. LEXIS 642
Prior history Supreme Court of the Philippines
Holding
The Chinese Bookkeeping Act violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Court membership
Case opinions
Majority Taft, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Philippine Autonomy Act

Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, 271 U.S. 500 (1926), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a law passed by the US colonial government of the Philippines in 1921, Act No. 2972 of the Philippine Legislature, known as the "Chinese Bookkeeping Act," was unconstitutional. It prevented business records from being kept in the Chinese language.

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