The ruling in Territory of New Mexico v. Yee Shun established the precedent that Asian Americans had the right to testify in court.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by multiple independent sources including encyclopedic references (Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, UNM), journalistic coverage (NBC News, History.com, Hyperallergic, AsAmNews, KRQE), and traced to a scholarly historical analysis by John R. Wunder. Consistent characterization across all sources with no dissenting interpretation found.
Sources
- Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.history.com/articles/chinese-exclusion-act-yee-shun-legal-rights (history.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-monument-highlights-landmark-case-allowed-chinese-testify-u-s-n1117221 (nbcnews.com)
- https://asamnews.com/2018/04/01/new-mexico-to-erect-a-sculpture-commemorating-historic-case-of-yee-shun/ (asamnews.com)
- http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.asam.021 (plainshumanities.unl.edu)
- https://www.unm.edu/~toh/china/yee-shun.html (unm.edu)
- https://hyperallergic.com/437277/public-sculpture-honors-court-case-asian-americans/ (hyperallergic.com)