Legal Opinion
Acheson v. Murakami
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1949No. 12082PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
The Secretary of State appeals from a judgment cancelling the renunciations of citizenship by appellees, American born of Japanese descent, made while incarcerated at Tule Lake. The district court found that the renunciations were “not as a result of their free and intelligent choice but rather because of mental fear, intimidation and coercions depriving them of the free exercise of their will, [and] said purported renunciations are void and of no torce or effect.”
The complaint alleged that appellees, at dates in and between December, 1944, and March, 1945, applied to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Korematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Ex Parte EndoSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Toyosaburo Korematsu v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
3Cited by28 opinions
- Tomoya Kawakita v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Thomas Glenn Jolley v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Hichino Uyeno v. AchesonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1951
- McGrath Atty. Gen. v. Tadayasu Abo McGrath Atty. Gen. v. Kaname FuruyaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Cantoni v. AchesonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1950
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