Mitsuye Endo
E440273
Mitsuye Endo was a Japanese American woman whose Supreme Court case, Ex parte Endo (1944), helped end the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese American
ⓘ
civil rights figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Japanese Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Japanese American incarceration during World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithOrganization | War Relocation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Chicago, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseCourt | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseDecisionDate | 1944-12-18 ⓘ |
| caseOutcome | unanimous decision in her favor ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2006-04-14 ⓘ |
| detentionChallenged | wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans by the U.S. government ⓘ |
| employer | California Department of Motor Vehicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Japanese American ⓘ |
| familyName | Endo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Mitsuye Endo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Mitsuye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredAs | symbol of Japanese American resistance through the courts ⓘ |
| impactOfCase |
contributed to the decision to close Japanese American incarceration camps
ⓘ
limited the authority of the War Relocation Authority to detain loyal citizens ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt |
Topaz War Relocation Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tule Lake War Relocation Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| legalCase | Ex parte Endo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDoctrineEstablished | U.S. government cannot detain concededly loyal citizens without charge ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | loyal U.S. citizen with no charges against her ⓘ |
| legalStrategy | served as a test case challenging the detention of loyal U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Ex parte Endo
ⓘ
challenging the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans ⓘ helping end mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II ⓘ |
| occupation | civil servant ⓘ |
| parentalOrigin | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sacramento, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| reasonForRefusingConditionalRelease | to allow her case to proceed and establish a broad legal precedent ⓘ |
| refusedConditionalRelease | true ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedBy |
Japanese American Citizens League attorneys
ⓘ
civil liberties lawyers associated with the ACLU ⓘ |
| residence |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
Sacramento, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Kenneth Tsutsumi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| wasNisei | true ⓘ |
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