Court Opinion

ID: 9583240
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:36:22.090809+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:53.945797
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GIBSON, C. J.
I concur in the judgment of reversal and am in accord with the conclusion reached in the majority opinion that the Alien Land Act incorporated the provisions of the treaty between the United States and Japan as it existed on April 5, 1911, and that the abrogation of the treaty in 1940 had no effect on the operation of the act, which, therefore, still permits a lease of real property by a corporation such as the one involved here. I also agree that as a general rule we should not decide constitutional questions if the case can be disposed of on other grounds, but under the circumstances presented here and because of the position which I took in Takahashi v. Fish & Game Commission, 30 Cal.2d 719, 737 [185 P.2d 805], I deem it proper to state that I am in full agreement with the additional ground for reversal set forth in the concurring opinion of Mr. Justice Carter and Mr. Justice Traynor.