Yasui v. United States
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Yasui v. United States was a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime conviction of Minoru Yasui for violating a military-imposed curfew on Japanese Americans, thereby affirming the government’s authority to restrict their civil liberties during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yasui v. United States canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4411396 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yasui v. United States Context triple: [Japanese American internment, relatedCourtCase, Yasui v. United States]
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A.
Hirabayashi v. United States
Hirabayashi v. United States is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime curfew and restrictions imposed on Japanese Americans during World War II.
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B.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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C.
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, later widely condemned as a grave civil liberties violation.
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D.
United States v. Kagama
United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
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E.
Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
Yakus v. United States is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld wartime price controls and affirmed broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yasui v. United States Target entity description: Yasui v. United States was a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime conviction of Minoru Yasui for violating a military-imposed curfew on Japanese Americans, thereby affirming the government’s authority to restrict their civil liberties during World War II.
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A.
Hirabayashi v. United States
Hirabayashi v. United States is a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime curfew and restrictions imposed on Japanese Americans during World War II.
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B.
Yates v. United States
Yates v. United States is a 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly narrowed the application of the Smith Act by distinguishing between the advocacy of abstract doctrine and the advocacy of concrete action to overthrow the government.
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C.
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States is a landmark 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime internment of Japanese Americans, later widely condemned as a grave civil liberties violation.
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D.
United States v. Kagama
United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
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E.
Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States
Yakus v. United States is a 1944 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld wartime price controls and affirmed broad congressional delegation of authority to administrative agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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World War II-era civil liberties case ⓘ |
| affectedGroup |
Japanese Americans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
persons of Japanese ancestry in designated military areas ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights
ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ military law ⓘ |
| chiefJusticeAtDecision | Harlan F. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation | 320 U.S. 115 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
war powers of the federal government ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| curfewOrder | military curfew imposed on persons of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1943-06-21 ⓘ |
| geographicScope | U.S. West Coast military areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentAuthorityAffirmed |
executive branch wartime authority
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military authority to issue curfew regulations ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the Japanese American wartime cases upholding restrictions based on ancestry ⓘ |
| holding |
affirmed the government’s authority to impose a curfew on persons of Japanese ancestry during wartime
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held that the curfew order was valid as an exercise of the war power ⓘ upheld the conviction of Minoru Yasui for violating a military-imposed curfew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| languageOfProceedings | English ⓘ |
| laterCriticism | criticized as part of the Supreme Court’s approval of Japanese American wartime restrictions ⓘ |
| legalDoctrine | judicial deference to the political branches in wartime ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
civil liberties of Japanese Americans during World War II
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constitutionality of wartime curfew on Japanese Americans ⓘ scope of executive and military power during wartime ⓘ |
| opinionBy | Harlan F. Stone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyRoleOfMinoruYasui |
defendant in the original criminal case
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petitioner before the Supreme Court ⓘ |
| petitioner | Minoru Yasui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | appeal from a conviction in federal district court ⓘ |
| relatedExecutiveAction | Executive Order 9066 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ex parte Endo
NERFINISHED
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Hirabayashi v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese American internment ⓘ Korematsu v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultForPetitioner | conviction affirmed ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
national security and civil liberties
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racial discrimination and wartime measures ⓘ |
| subjectPerson | Minoru Yasui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II home front ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | military-imposed curfew ⓘ |
| unanimousDecision | true ⓘ |
| warContext | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1943 ⓘ |
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Subject: Yasui v. United States Description of subject: Yasui v. United States was a 1943 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the wartime conviction of Minoru Yasui for violating a military-imposed curfew on Japanese Americans, thereby affirming the government’s authority to restrict their civil liberties during World War II.
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