Title: "Evacuation of Japs Upheld by Court," Seattle Times, 12/3/1943, (ddr-densho-56-991)
Densho ID: ddr-densho-56-991

Evacuation of Japs Upheld by Court

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.--(AP)--The United States Circuit Court of appeals has upheld the legality of the evacuation of the Japanese from the critical West Coast areas.

The ruling was made yesterday in the case of Fred T. Korematsu, 23-year-old Japanese who remained in San Leandro, Calif., after he was ordered to leave.

The court decided that the United States government while prosecuting a war had the power to do everything necessary to carry it on successfully, even though in the exercise of those powers the government "temporarily infringes upon the rights and liberties of individual citizens."