Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Definition
A World War II-era U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that excluding all persons of Japanese ancestry from designated military areas was constitutional.
Illustrative caselaw
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944); see also Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81 (1943).
See also
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the nation's policy of holding Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. The Court said that the policy was a valid exercise of congressional and presidential war power.
- Full text: Korematsu v. United States (Nolo)
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August 19, 2010, 5:27 pm
