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 | |
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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 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| Holding | |
| The Chinese Bookkeeping Act violated the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Philippine Autonomy Act. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Taft, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Philippine Autonomy Act | |
External links
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