Order of Judgment and Sentence in United States v. Gordon Hirabayashi
10/21/1942
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In 1942, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American student at the University of Washington, refused to report to a relocation camp. His refusal defied Executive Order 9066 evacuating Japanese Americans from the West Coast. This document is the judgment and sentence handed down in the case United States v. Gordon Hirabayashi, and records the outcome of Hirabayashi’s first trial. The U.S. District Court ruled 9-0 against him. Forty years later, Hirabayashi challenged his 1942 conviction. The court overturned the earlier verdict.
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
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596076Full Citation: Order of Judgment and Sentence; 10/21/1942; Criminal Case File 45,738; Criminal Case Files, 1926 - 2000; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives at Seattle, Seattle, WA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/judgment-us-v-hirabayashi, May 14, 2024]