Hirota v. MacArthur

Hirota v. MacArthur

Argued December 16–17, 1948
Decided December 20, 1948
Full case name Koki Hirota v. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, et al.
Citations

338 U.S. 197 (more)

69 S.Ct. 197; 93 L.Ed. 1902
Holding
The courts of the United States have no power or authority to review, to affirm, set aside or annul the judgments and sentences imposed on these petitioners and for this reason the motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Case opinions
Per curiam.
Concurrence Douglas
Dissent Murphy
Jackson, Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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Hirota v. MacArthur, 338 U.S. 197 (1948), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that “the courts of the United States have no power or authority to review, to affirm, set aside or annul the judgments and sentences imposed on these petitioners [by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East] and for this reason the motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied”.[1]

The appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was made following the death sentence against Koki Hirota and six other Japanese leaders tried for war crimes.

Legacy

In March 2008, the U.S. government cited Hirota v. MacArthur as "directly applicable" in Munaf v. Geren, 553 U.S. 674 (2008), in which it argued before the Supreme Court that U.S. federal courts lacked jurisdiction over two U.S. citizens being held by the military in Iraq and thus could not review their petitions for habeas corpus.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Snell, Willis B. (April 1951). "Habeas Corpus—Jurisdiction of Federal Courts to Review Jurisdiction of Military Tribunals When the Prisoner Is Physically Confined outside the United States". Michigan Law Review 49 (6): 870–881. doi:10.2307/1284460. JSTOR 1284460.
  2. ↑ Greenhouse, Linda (March 26, 2008). "Court Hears Arguments on Americans Held in Iraq". New York Times.


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