AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Hirabayashi v. United States Decided

injustice

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the wartime curfew imposed on Japanese Americans; Gordon Hirabayashi's conviction was vacated in 1986-87 after suppressed evidence came to light. (Shares June 21 with Yasui v. United States.)

Communities
  • Japanese American
Topics
  • incarceration
Event type
  • court case

Sources

Also on June 21

injustice

Yasui v. United States Decided

Decided the same day as Hirabayashi, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Portland attorney Minoru Yasui, who had deliberately violated the military curfew to test its constitutionality. (Shares June 21 with Hirabayashi v. United States.)