Legal Opinion
Hohri v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 17, 1984No. Civ. A. 83-0750PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
During World War II, the United States government removed some 120,000 American citizens and residents of Japanese ancestry from their West Coast homes and placed them in internment camps for up to four years. The stated reason for this unprecedented policy of evacuation and incarceration was “military necessity”: the Nation was at war with Japan, and military officials feared that members of the American Japanese population would engage in sabotage, espionage, and other activities harmful to the war effort.
In 1983, nineteen individuals who were interned…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Gordon K. Hirabayashi v. United States of America, Gordon K. Hirabayashi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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