Legal Education,
U.S. Supreme Court
May 8, 2023
The Dust Bowl and the Supreme Court (Part II)
California’s Depression-era anti-Okie law had three ironic endings, none of which could have been contemplated at the time by the parties, lawyers and judges.
John S. Caragozian
Email: caragozian@gmail.com
John is a Los Angeles-based lawyer and sits on the Board of the California Supreme Court Historical Society. He welcomes ideas for future monthly columns on California's legal history at caragozian@gmail.com.
Part I from the May 1 Daily Journal included the background of Edwards v. California, a November 1941 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down California's Depression-era anti-Okie law. 314 U.S. 160. The majority held that California's ban on transporting indigent citizens into the state violated the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause. Ju...
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