Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States
1892 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 U.S. 457 (1892), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding an employment contract between the Church of the Holy Trinity, New York and an English (Anglican) priest.[1]
Quick Facts Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, Submitted January 7, 1892Argued January 7, 1892 Decided February 29, 1892 ...
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Submitted January 7, 1892 Argued January 7, 1892 Decided February 29, 1892 | |
Full case name | Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States |
Citations | 143 U.S. 457 (more) 12 S. Ct. 511; 36 L. Ed. 226; 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2036 |
Case history | |
Prior | Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York |
Holding | |
The circuit court erred when it held that the contract hiring an English rector was within the prohibition of the statute, which disallowed a "person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration, of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States ... under contract or agreement ... to perform labor or service of any kind in the United States". | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Brewer, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. chap. 164, 23 St. p. 332 |
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