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ASAKURA v. SEATTLE

No. 211.

265 U.S. 332 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 515

68 L.Ed. 1041

ASAKURA v. CITY OF SEATTLE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dallas V. Halverstadt, for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. E. Heister Guie was also on the brief.

Mr. Charles T. Donworth, with whom Mr. Thomas J.L. Kennedy, Mr. Walter B. Beals and Mr. Edwin C. Ewing were on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error is a subject of the Emperor of Japan, and, since 1904, has resided in Seattle, Washington. Since July, 1915, he has been engaged in business there as a pawnbroker. The city passed an ordinance, which took effect July 2, 1921, regulating the business of pawnbroker and repealing former ordinances on the same subject. It makes it unlawful for any person...

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