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1/Fred The oral arguments for Korematsu’s SCOTUS trial took place on October 11-12, 1944. In the context of the Pacific war this was island hopping, mid-Peleliu. In Europe this is 4 months after D-Day. Korematsu was convicted 8Sep1942, appealed and upheld 7Jan1944, granted certiorari 27Mar1944.

2/Fred The decision on the case was made December 18, 1944. The record also indicates that a rehearing was denied on February 12, 1945. I actually didn’t know that a petition for a rehearing was a thing. Unsure what basis was used for the argument to rehear. www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/...

3/Fred Two attorneys are listed for the petitioner. The first is Wayne M. Collins, a WW1 USN veteran and head of the California ACLU. He had been practicing law for about 17 years at that point and had established that branch of the ACLU in 1934. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_M...

5/Fred Attorney for the government was Charles Fahy. He was later a judge but is known for cases on Order 9066 and the writ of coram nobis that followed because he suppressed evidence that would have undermined the claims he made in the case. encyclopedia.densho.org/Charles_Fahy/

6/Fred Justice Black wrote this opinion. He’s a difficult one to label - a KKK member from Alabama, though he ruled against them in US v. Price, known for his support of applying the bill of rights to the states and protection of free speech. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Bl...

7/Fred The sections of the ruling are numbered, and 1 is the charges. Korematsu was charged with being of Japanese descent and remaining in “military area #1” described in exclusion order 34, linked. The ruling notes that there is no question of his loyalty. www.javadc.org/java/docs/19...