Hirota v. MacArthur

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants = Hirota v. MacArthur
ArgueDateA = December 16
ArgueDateB = 17
ArgueYear = 1948
DecideDate = December 20
DecideYear = 1948
FullName = Koki Hirota v. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, et al.
USVol = 338
USPage = 197
Citation = 69 S.Ct. 197; 93 L.Ed. 1902
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Subsequent =
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.
SCOTUS = 1946-1949
PerCuriam = yes
LawsApplied =

"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 and for this reason the motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied.”

ee also

*"Rasul v. Bush", ussc|542|466|2004
*"Hamdi v. Rumsfeld", ussc|542|507|2004
*"Munaf v. Geren", 553 U.S. ___ (2008)

Further reading

*cite journal |last=Snell |first=Willis B. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1951 |month= |title=Habeas Corpus—Jurisdiction of Federal Courts to Review Jurisdiction of Military Tribunals When the Prisoner Is Physically Confined outside the United States |journal=Michigan Law Review |volume=49 |issue=6 |pages=870–881 |doi=10.2307/1284460 |url= |accessdate= |quote=