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Korematsu v. United States

Court case
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214, was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld the internment of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II. Wikipedia
Date decided: 1944
Concurrence: Frankfurter
Majority: Black, joined by Stone, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Rutledge
Prior: Certiorari to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 140 F.2d 289 (9th Cir. 1943)