Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad

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.

Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad
Argued April 12–13, 1926
Decided June 7, 1926
Full case nameYu Cong Eng, et al. v. Trinidad, Collector, et al.
Citations271 U.S. 500 (more)
46 S. Ct. 619; 70 L. Ed. 1059; 1926 U.S. LEXIS 642
Case history
PriorSupreme Court of the Philippines
Holding
The Chinese Bookkeeping Act violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
George Sutherland · Pierce Butler
Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
MajorityTaft, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Philippine Autonomy Act
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