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HIRABAYASHI v. UNITED STATES (1943)

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HIRABAYASHI v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1942
Important Dates
Argued: May 10, 1943
Decided: June 21, 1943
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Concurring
William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

HIRABAYASHI v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1943. The case was argued before the court on May 10, 1943.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: war crimes
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 320 U.S. 81
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Harlan Fiske Stone

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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