http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1896/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>A Louisiana statute prohibited foreign (out-of-state) insurance corporations from conducting business in Louisiana without maintaining at least one place of business and an authorized agent in the State. Louisiana implemented the statute as an exercise of its police powers, intending to protect its citizens from deceitful insurance companies. Allgeyer and Company violated this statute by purchasing insurance from a firm based in the State of New York which did not meet the requirements of the Louisiana law.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1896/1896_446/ <p>The Chinese Exclusion Acts denied citizenship to Chinese immigrants. Moreover, by treaty no Chinese subject in the United States could become a naturalized citizen. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco. At age 21, he returned to China to visit his parents who had previously resided in the United States for 20 years. When he returned to the United States, Wong was denied entry on the ground that he was not a citizen.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1896/1896_132/