Justice Miller declared void a statute of California which was ostensibly passed to close Californias doors to lewd and debauched women. This statute was general in its terms. but was really directed at Chinese women. The court held the statute void because it went beyond the necessities of State control and invaded the right.of the National Legislature to regulate commerce. In 1880 it was decided by the United States circuit court of California that a State law prohibiting aliens who could not be naturalized from fishing in public waters was void because it violated stipulations in the Chinese treaty as discriminating against the subjects of that Kingdom and in favor of other aliens. since Chinese could not be naturalized.
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Describing a statute ostensibly passed to close California's doors to lewd and debauched women, but really directed at Chinese women.