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Minoru Yasui
Japanese American attorney who deliberately violated internment curfew orders to create a legal test case
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Key Affiliations
Controversies & Concerns
Challenged constitutionality of Japanese American internment curfew through deliberate civil disobedience
Related Investigations (1)
Known Associates & Connections
Gordon Hirabayashi
Fellow Japanese American internment resister
John L. DeWitt
Challenged DeWitt's curfew order in court
Sources & Documentation
1 documented sources from official records, investigations, and reports
Personal Information
Education
- •Law Degree
Key Timeline
1942
Deliberately violated internment curfew in Portland, Oregon, to create test case challenging constitutionality