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HAMPTON v. MOW SUN WONG

No. 73-1596.

426 U.S. 88 (1976)

96 S.Ct. 1895

48 L.Ed.2d 495

HAMPTON, CHAIRMAN, U. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ET AL. v. MOW SUN WONG ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued January 12, 1976.

Decided June 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Bork reargued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Hills, Louis F. Claiborne, Gerald P. Norton, and Bruno A. Ristau.

Edward H. Steinman, by appointment of the Court, 423 U.S. 921, reargued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were David C. Moon and Kenneth Hecht.*

MR. JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Five aliens, lawfully and permanently residing in the United States, brought this litigation to challenge the validity of a policy, adopted and enforced by the Civil Service Commission and certain other federal agencies, which excludes all persons except American citizens and natives of American Samoa from employment in most positions subject to their respective jurisdictions.1 Because...

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