Gordon K. Hirabayashi v. United States of America, Gordon K. Hirabayashi v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1987-09-24

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SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: I. INTRODUCTION Gordon Hirabayashi is an American citizen who was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1918, and is currently Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Alberta. He is of Japanese ancestry. In 1942 he was living in Seattle and was therefore subject to wartime orders requiring all persons of Japanese ancestry…

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