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Korematsu v. US, 323 U.S. 214

TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES, 323 U.S. 214

323 U.S. 214 | 1944-12-18

U.S. Supreme Court

TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES, 323 U.S. 214 (1944)

323 U.S. 214

TOYOSABURO KOREMATSU v. UNITED STATES. 

No. 22. 

Argued Oct. 11, 12, 1944. 
Decided Dec. 18, 1944. 

Rehearing Denied Feb. 12, 1945

See 324 U.S. 885, 65 S.Ct. 674. [323 U.S. 214, 215] Mr. Wayne M. Collins, of San Francisco, Cal., and Mr. Charles A. Horsky, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Mr. Charles Fahy, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, an American citizen of Japanese descent, was convicted in a federal district court for remaining in San Leandro,...