...This concept was explained by the Supreme Court as early as 1886: Though the law itself be fair on ils face and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied...circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution. (Wick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356...

...from the actions of public officials who discriminate in the administration of their public duties.11 Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial...hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discrimination between persons in similar circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal...

...as early as 1886: Though the law itself be fair on its (ace and impartial in appearance, yet, if i( is applied and administered by public authority with...circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution. (Wick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356...

...Washington v. Davis, however. See, eg, Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356 (1886) ("Though the law itself he fair on its face and impartial in appearance, yet...authority with an evil eye and an unequal hand, so as practicably to make unjust and1 illegal discrimination between persons in similar circumstances . ....

...striking down the ordinance as applied, the Court declared: "Though the law itself be fair on its f»c« and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied...hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discrimination between persons in similar circumstances. . . the denial of equal justice is still within...

...the broad and benign provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial...circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution. Quite like Gomillion and the two...

...courts, would countenance an unjust discrimination and a denial of the equal protection of the law. "Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial...circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution." Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 6 S. Ct. 1064,...

...denial by the State of that equal protection of the laws which is secured to the petitioners. . . . Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial...circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution.179 As the Court had earlier declared...

...amendment to the constitution of the United States. Though the law itself be fair on its face, a'id impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and...circumstances material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the constitution." After alluding to the proof that...

...Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356, 373—74 (1886) (if law "fair on its face and impartial in appearance ... is applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and an unequal hand", it is unconstitutional). the current legal system. Therefore, contemporary judges must squelch particularized...