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President Franklin Roosevelt had issued Executive Order 9066 in February 1942, to exclude ethnic Japanese people from the general U.S. population.
President Franklin Roosevelt had issued Executive Order 9066 in February 1942, to exclude ethnic Japanese people from the general U.S. population.
Fred Korematsu (1919 - 2005) refused to leave his home near San Francisco, California.
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Revision as of 18:02, February 3, 2023

Korematsu v. United States
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided December 18, 1944
Cited by
Trump v. Hawaii

Facts

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941.

President Franklin Roosevelt had issued Executive Order 9066 in February 1942, to exclude ethnic Japanese people from the general U.S. population.

Fred Korematsu (1919 - 2005) refused to leave his home near San Francisco, California.

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