Korematsu V United States Decision. After the attack on pearl harbor on december 7, 1941, president franklin roosevelt issued executive order 9066. United states, and decided that gordon hirabayashi, a college student, was guilty of violating a curfew order.

The supreme court case of ''korematsu v. The court agreed with government and stated that the need to protect the country was a greater priority than the individual rights of the people of. In the end, with the korematsu decision the court upheld the legality of exclusion orders based on a citizen’s ethnic background.