Sei Fujii v. California
California Supreme Court
242 P.2d 617 (1952)
Relevant factsFree
Sei Fujii (plaintiff), a Japanese citizen, bought California land despite the state's Alien Land Law barring Japanese citizens from property ownership, and sued California (defendant), arguing the United Nations Charter's preamble and Article I — describing the signatories' general commitment to human rights and nondiscrimination — invalidated the state law; the court of appeal agreed the Charter invalidated the law, and California appealed.
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Whether a treaty automatically preempts inconsistent local laws if the treaty provisions are not self-executing.