Yick Wo v. Hopkins
118 U.S. 356 · U.S. Supreme Court
Holding and boundaries
Facially neutral administration can violate equal protection when applied with discriminatory purpose and effect.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
8 issue placements
Administrative Discretion & Accountability
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Administrative Discretion & Accountability. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Anti-Asian Bias & Subgroup Safety
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Anti-Asian Bias & Subgroup Safety. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Anti-Asian Bias & Indo-Tibetan Misclassification
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Anti-Asian Bias & Indo-Tibetan Misclassification. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Caste, Colorism, Phenotype, Language & National-Origin Hierarchy. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Coercive Enforcement, Administrative Domination & Remedy
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Coercive Enforcement, Administrative Domination & Remedy. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Diaspora Belonging & Anti-Scapegoating
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Diaspora Belonging & Anti-Scapegoating. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Indo-Tibetan Self-Naming & Data Fidelity
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Indo-Tibetan Self-Naming & Data Fidelity. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Institutional Rule Design & Disparate Implementation
Yick Wo v. Hopkins supports or supplies a protective rule relevant to Institutional Rule Design & Disparate Implementation. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.
Scope and limitations: Requires evidence of discriminatory administration; disparate outcomes alone do not automatically satisfy the doctrine.
Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required
Publication and provenance
The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.
Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.