Duncan v. Kahanamoku

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Duncan v. Kahanamoku
by Hugo Black

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Duncan v. Kahanamoku, 327 U.S. 304 (1946), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court. It is often associated with the Japanese exclusion cases (Hirabayashi v. United States, Korematsu v. United States and Ex parte Endo) because it involved wartime curtailment of fundamental civil liberties under the aegis of military authority. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Opinion of the Court

Concurring Opinions: Murphy; Stone

Dissenting Opinion: Burton

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United States Supreme Court

327 U.S. 304

Duncan v. Kahanamoku

Argued: Dec. 7, 1945. --- Decided: Feb 25, 1946

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Mr.Osmond K. Fraenkel, of New York City, for Petitioner white.

Mr. J. Garner Anthony, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for Petitioner Duncan.

Mr. C. Nils Tavares, of Honolulu, Hawaii, for Territory of Hawaii, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Edward J. Ennis, of Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Notes

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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