The Oyez Project: 1944 Term http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us Associated Press v. U. S. (No. 57) <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_57/ Korematsu v. United States (No. 22) <p>During World War II, Presidential Executive Order 9066 and congressional statutes gave the military authority to exclude citizens of Japanese ancestry from areas deemed critical to national defense and potentially vulnerable to espionage. Korematsu remained in San Leandro, California and violated Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34 of the U.S. Army.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_22/ Sinclair & Carroll Co. v. Interchemical Corporation (No. 656) <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_656/ Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona ex rel. Sullivan (No. 56) <p>Arizona banned operation of trains more than 14 passenger cars of 70 freight cars long.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_56/ Thomas v. Collins (No. 14) <p>A Texas law required union officials to obtain an organizer's card before soliciting possible members. A judge convicted a labor organizer of contempt for speaking at a union rally without a permit.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1944/1944_14/