Hirota v. MacArthur

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Hirota v. MacArthur, 338 U.S. 197 (1948), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that “the courts of the United States have no power or authority to review, to affirm, set aside or annul the judgments and sentences imposed on these petitioners [by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and for this reason the motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.” Warning: template has been deprecated.

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338 U.S. 197

Hirota v. MacArthur

Argued on Motion to File Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dec. 16, 17, 1948.

Decided Dec. 20, 1948.

Rehearing Denied Jan. 3, 1949.

See 335 U.S. 906, 69 S.Ct. 400.

Messrs. William Logan, Jr., of New York City, David F. Smith, of Washington, D.C., John G. Brannon, of Kansas City, Mo., and George Yamaoka and George A. Furness, both of New York City, pro hac vice for petitioners.

Mr. Philip B. Perlman, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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