What is the test for using a state statute as a substitute for a federal statute?
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The following excerpt is from Application of Middlebrooks, 88 F. Supp. 943 (S.D. Cal. 1950):
Statutes constitutional on their face may not be used for unconstitutional purposes or with unconstitutional results. See Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886, 118 U.S. 356, 373-374, 6 S.Ct. 1064, 30 L.Ed. 220.
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