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Legal Citation: 323 U.S. 214 (1944)

Petitioner
Toyosaburo Korematsu

Respondent
United States

Petitioner's Claim
That the military orders which sent Japanese Americans to internment camps during World War II were not justified by military necessity.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Wayne M. Collins

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Charles Fahy, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Stanley Forman Reed, Wiley Blount Rutledge, Harlan Fiske Stone

Justices Dissenting
Robert H. Jackson, Frank Murphy, Owen Josephus Roberts

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
18 December 1944

Decision
The orders were upheld as a valid exercise of the war powers the Constitution grants to...