The majority held that the need in wartime to protect against espionage outweighed Korematsu’s individual rights. Supreme Court: The Court upheld Korematsu’s conviction in a 6-3 decision. He was arrested and convicted of violating Civilian Exclusion Order No.
Fred Korematsu, at 23 years of age, failed to report to an assembly center and instead chose to remain in the San Leandro coastal area. They also authorized the transport of citizens to inland assembly centers. This combined with other congressional statutes gave the military broad power to ban any Japanese American citizen from the coastal areas between Washington and California.
9066, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. Background: Fred Korematsu was born in Oakland, California in 1919 to Japanese immigrants.
