Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad explained

Litigants:Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad
Arguedatea:April 12
Arguedateb:13
Argueyear:1926
Decidedate:June 7
Decideyear:1926
Fullname:Yu Cong Eng, et al. v. Trinidad, Collector, et al.
Usvol:271
Uspage:500
Parallelcitations:46 S. Ct. 619; 70 L. Ed. 1059; 1926 U.S. LEXIS 642
Holding:The Chinese Bookkeeping Act violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Philippine Autonomy Act.
Majority:Taft
Joinmajority:unanimous
Lawsapplied: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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