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Letter from James C. Purcell to Ernest Besig: "Dear Mr. Besig, Enclosed please find the copy of the petition of writ of habeas corpus in the matter of Mitsuye Endo which you requested of this office. We hope this will supply the information you seek but if it does not do not hesitate to call upon us for further information at any time." The ACLU-Northern California case file records contain legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the case Ex parte Mitsuye Endo (1944), in which the United States Supreme court unanimously ruled that the federal government could not indefinitely detain United States citizens who were loyal to the government. Files include documents related to the Gordon Hirabayashi Supreme Court case Hirabayashi v. United States.
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text
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Correspondence 1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Supreme Court cases--Mitsuye Endo Activism and involvement--Civil rights Activism and involvement--Civil liberties Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Legal cases
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