Kiyama v. Rusk

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

There is combined on this appeal the separate appeals of Norio and Miyoko Kiyama. Each is one of the many appeals arising out of the mass evacuation at the start of World War II of Japanese from the West Coast, whether such Japanese were solely nationals of Japan, United States citizens of Japanese descent, or those with the dual nationality of both Japan and the United States.

The district court had jurisdiction of the action below under section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940 (54 Stat. 1171, formerly 8 U.S.C.A. § 903, now 8 U.S.C.A. § 1503) 1

Appellants had severally…