Hirabayashi v. United States

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Hirabayashi v. United States
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Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943), 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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320 U.S. 81

Hirabayashi  v.  United States

 Argued: May 10, 11, 1943. --- Decided: June 21, 1943

Messrs. Frank L. Walters, of Seattle, Wash., and Harold Evans, of Philadelphia, Pa., for Hirabayashi.

Mr. Charles Fahy, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for the United States.

[Argument of Counsel from page 82 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Chief Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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