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What happened in the court case People v.Hall A. The California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese immigrants had to leave California right away B.T he California Supreme Court ruled against allowing Chinese immigrants to mine for gold C. The California Supreme Court ruled that Chinese immigrants could testify in court D .The California Supreme Court ruled against allowing Chinese immigrants to testify in court

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D. The California Supreme Court ruled against allowing Chinese immigrants to testify in court

Step-by-step explanation:

A Chinese man named Ling Sing was murdered and an American named George Hall was convicted for the murder in 1853. There was a law in Section 394 of the Act pertaining to civil cases which states that 'no blacks, mulattoes, or Indians could testify against Whites'.

George Hall appealed the court decision to the Supreme Court, stating that the Chinese should be added to the group not allowed to testify against whites. The supreme court ruling agreed with him.

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