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Korematsu v. United States
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| Korematsu v. United States | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
|---|---|
| Citation | |
| Date decided | December 18, 1944 |
| Appealed from | 9th Circuit |
| 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.Procedural History
Korematsu was convicted in a district court for refusing to report to the internment camp in central United States.
Case Text Links
- Case text at Quimbee video summary ; 1944 original SCOTUS decision
- Case text at Quimbee video summary; over-turn the criminal conviction in 1984
