Speech #830027983

I refer to the case of Takahashi against Fish Commission. which came to the Supreme Court of the United States from the State of California and was decided by the Supreme Court in 1948. In that case. Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. The controversy in California arose because the appellant. Takahashi. who had lived for a long time in the United States. but who was a citizen of Japan. was not naturalized and. therefore. was not a citizen of the United States. The State of California held that aliens did not have shrimping and fishing rights. either in the 3mile limit or in the martinal sea. and Takahashi was denied the right to make his living by fishing. He contested the decision in the courts.