Japanese curfew

Japanese curfew
A restriction in the form of a curfew established by executive order against all persons of Japanese ancestry residing in the West Coast Military Area during the war between the United States and Japan. Yasui v United States, 320 US 115, 87 L Ed 1793, 63 S Ct 1392.

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