Peter Hopkins
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Peter Hopkins was a San Francisco tax collector best known as the government official whose enforcement actions led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Yick Wo v. Hopkins, which struck down discriminatory application of a facially neutral law.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Hopkins canonical | 1 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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person ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| areaOfInfluence | civil rights jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Fourteenth Amendment equal protection jurisprudence
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discriminatory enforcement of licensing laws ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| employer | City and County of San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
municipal regulation enforcement
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tax administration ⓘ |
| hasLegalRole | defendant in Yick Wo v. Hopkins ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | enforcement of a facially neutral ordinance in a discriminatory manner as found by the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
| legalCase | Yick Wo v. Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSubject | Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | discriminatory enforcement of a facially neutral law ⓘ |
| notableFor |
holding that discriminatory application of a facially neutral law violates equal protection
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role in the U.S. Supreme Court case Yick Wo v. Hopkins ⓘ |
| occupation | tax collector ⓘ |
| opponent | Yick Wo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyTo | Yick Wo v. Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | San Francisco tax collector ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | government official whose enforcement actions were challenged in Yick Wo v. Hopkins ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Peter Hopkins
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Yick Wo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation | San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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