Hirota v. MacArthur

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

| Litigants = Hirota v. MacArthur

| ArgueDateA = December 16

| ArgueDateB = 17

| ArgueYear = 1948

| DecideDate = December 20

| DecideYear = 1948

| FullName = Kōki Hirota v. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, et al.

| USVol = 338

| USPage = 197

| ParallelCitations = 69 S. Ct. 197; 93 L. Ed. 1902

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| 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.

| PerCuriam = yes

| Concurrence = Douglas

| Dissent = Murphy

| NotParticipating = Rutledge took part in consideration of the case but reserved decision and died before announcing his vote. Jackson

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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".{{cite journal |last=Snell |first=Willis B. | date=April 1951 |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|jstor= 1284460 |url=https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8577&context=mlr }}

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