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STAINBACK v. MO HOCK KE LOK PO.

No. 52.

336 U.S. 368 (1949)

STAINBACK, GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII, ET AL. v. MO HOCK KE LOK PO, AN ELEEMOSYNARY CORPORATION, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Flynn, Deputy Attorney General of Hawaii, argued the cause for appellants in No. 52. With him on the brief in No. 52 and the petition in No. 474 were Walter D. Ackerman, Jr., Attorney General of Hawaii, Rhoda V. Lewis, Assistant Attorney General, and C. Nils Tavares. Pauline Day Bakst and Robert B. Griffith, Deputy Attorneys General, were also on the brief in No. 52.

A.L. Wirin and Wai Yuen Char argued the cause for appellees in No. 52. With them on the briefs in Nos. 52 and 474 were James M. Mortia and Fred Okrand.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Phineas Indritz and Paul Dobin for the American Veterans Committee; Osmond K. Fraenkel and Frank E. Karelsen, Jr. for the American Civil Liberties Union; William Maslow, Shad Polier and Leo Pfeffer for the American Jewish Congress; Arthur Goldberg and Frank Donner for the Congress of Industrial Organizations; and Edward J. Ennis and Saburo Kido for the Japanese American Citizens League.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appeal in No. 52, Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, An Eleemosynary Corporation, et al., and the petition for writ of certiorari in No. 474, a case with the same short title seek review of a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. This judgment was entered by a special three-judge court that was called pursuant to Judicial...

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