June 21, 1943

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.)

Sources

  1. encyclopedia.densho.org encyclopedia.densho.org/Yasui_v._United_States
  2. supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/320/115

Also on June 21