obituary for last living litigant in 1940's US Supreme Court cases on internment of American citizens of Japanese descent
The Washington Post reports, "Gordon Hirabayashi, Japanese American who defied internment order, dies at 93 (T. Rees Shapiro, 5 January 2012)."
Largely because of Dr. Hirabayashi’s efforts — and those of two other Japanese Americans who won cases against the government, Fred Korematsu and Minoru Yasui — Congress passed legislation in 1988 apologizing for the policies. Reparations exceeding $1 billion were awarded to former internees.
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Dr. Hirabayashi was found guilty in a federal court in Seattle and sentenced to several months in a Tucson labor camp. In 1943, his case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard only his curfew conviction.
via wikipedia
Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943)[1], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group were constitutional when the nation was at war with the country from which that group originated. Yasui v. United States was a companion case decided the same day.
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In 1986 and 1987, Hirabayashi's convictions on both charges were overturned by the U.S. District Court in Seattle and the Federal Appeals Court.
Largely because of Dr. Hirabayashi’s efforts — and those of two other Japanese Americans who won cases against the government, Fred Korematsu and Minoru Yasui — Congress passed legislation in 1988 apologizing for the policies. Reparations exceeding $1 billion were awarded to former internees.
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Dr. Hirabayashi was found guilty in a federal court in Seattle and sentenced to several months in a Tucson labor camp. In 1943, his case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard only his curfew conviction.
via wikipedia
Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943)[1], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the application of curfews against members of a minority group were constitutional when the nation was at war with the country from which that group originated. Yasui v. United States was a companion case decided the same day.
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In 1986 and 1987, Hirabayashi's convictions on both charges were overturned by the U.S. District Court in Seattle and the Federal Appeals Court.