Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad
Encyclopedia
Yu Cong Eng v. Trinidad, 271 U.S. 500
(1926), was a legal case
in which the Supreme Court of the United States
decided that a law passed by the U.S. colonial government of the Philippines
in 1921 — Act No. 2972 of the Philippine Legislature
, known as the "Chinese Bookkeeping Act" — which prevented business records from being kept in the Chinese language
, was unconstitutional.
Case citation
Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...
(1926), was a legal case
Legal case
A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case may be either civil or criminal...
in which the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
decided that a law passed by the U.S. colonial government of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
in 1921 — Act No. 2972 of the Philippine Legislature
Philippine Legislature
The Philippine Legislature was the legislative body of the Philippines during the earlier part U.S. colonial administration. It was a bicameral legislature, with the Philippine Commission, headed by the U.S. Governor General serving as the upper house, and the Philippine Assembly serving as the...
, known as the "Chinese Bookkeeping Act" — which prevented business records from being kept in the Chinese language
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, was unconstitutional.