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Law students push to license dead Chinese attorney

By Paul Elias
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Law students push to license dead Chinese attorney

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a decision still studied in law schools as a 19th century lesson in bigotry, the California Supreme Court in 1890 denied Hong Yen Chang’s application to practice law solely because he was Chinese.

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