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Legal Citation: 323 U.S. 283 (1944)

Appellant
Mitsuye Endo

Appellee
United States

Appellant's Claim
That she was unlawfully held at an interment camp.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
James C. Purcell

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Charles Fahey, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas (writing for the Court), Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Owen Josephus Roberts, Wiley Blount Rutledge, Harlan Fiske Stone

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
18 December 1944

Decision
Reversed the judgment and remanded the cause district court.

Significance
This Supreme Court decision ended what the American Civil Liberties Union later called "the...