In 1909, the Nebraska Supreme Court invoked Territory of New Mexico v. Yee Shun to determine whether Japanese witness Jack Naoi could be disqualified because 'Japan is a heathen country,' according to Arif Dirlik and Malcolm Yeung in Chinese on the American Frontier.
Sources
- Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court (smithsonianmag.com)
- http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.asam.021 (plainshumanities.unl.edu)
- https://www.unm.edu/~toh/china/yee-shun.html (unm.edu)
- https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/pumphrey-v-state-15-908598203 (case-law.vlex.com)
- https://www.cetient.com/case/pumphrey-v-state-6775445 (cetient.com)
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