What happened when Lee Yick appealed his conviction for running an illegal laundry in San Francisco to the U. S. Supreme Court?

A.

The Supreme Court ordered that he immediately be granted American citizenship.

B.

The Supreme Court decided that authorities had unfairly singled him out because of his race.

C.

The Supreme Court refused to hear the case and returned it to lower courts for review.

D.

The Supreme Court ruled that Lee Yick and his family be deported to his native China.

C. The Supreme Court decided that authorities had unfairly singled him out because of his race. This was because Lee Yick had worked in a laundromat for twenty years and it was illegal at the time that laundromats were to be built in wooden rooms. However, ninety-five percent of laundromats were in wooden complexes and only some of them were Chinese-owned, while others were owned by other races. However, Lee Yick was singled out and the Supreme Court ruled that although the law said it was race-blind, it in fact was judging him based on his race.