- This case had been a landmark decision regarding the issues of the power of the Federal Government during wartime and if their power should be enough to impose on civil rights and liberties.
- The case arose when Fred Korematsu, an American-born
citizen of Japanese descent, refused to leave his home in San Leandro, California, in disagreement with Executive Order 9066.
- The case had been brought to the Supreme Court and it had been decided that he was to be convicted for refusing to act in accordance to the order. In addition to making it so that it made the Federal Government unable to create an order that racially discriminated, it set a precedent for later cases involving Executive Orders and specific groups that would be consider targeted.