Farrington v. Tokushige

Farrington v. Tokushige
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 21, 1927 Decided February, 1927
Full case name	Farrington, Governor, et al. v. T. Tokushige et al.
Citations	273 U.S. 284 (more) 47 S. Ct. 406; 71 L. Ed. 646; 1927 U.S. LEXIS 699
Case history
Prior	Injunction granted, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; affirmed, 11 F.2d 710 (9th Cir. 1926); cert. granted, 273 U.S. 677 (1926).
Holding
The Territory of Hawaii's law, making it illegal for schools to teach foreign languages without a permit, violates the due process clauses of the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis George Sutherland · Pierce Butler Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
Majority	McReynolds, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Amendment V and Amendment XIV, Act 30, Special Session 1920, legislature of Hawaii

Farrington v. Tokushige, 273 U.S. 284 (1927), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously struck down the Territory of Hawaii's law, making it illegal for schools to teach foreign languages without a permit, as it violated the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.^[1] Violation of the due process clause under the 14th Amendment was not considered as Hawaii was a territory of the United States at the time.