Case Name: Acheson, Secretary of State, v. Okimura
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1952-01-02
Citations: 342 U.S. 899
Docket Number: No. 421
Parties: Acheson, Secretary of State, v. Okimura.
Judges: Mr. Justice Black is of. the opinion the judgment should be affirmed.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 342
Pages: 899–900

Head Matter:
January 2, 1952.
No. 421.
Acheson, Secretary of State, v. Okimura.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The judgment is vacated
and the case is remanded to the District Court for specific findings as to the circumstances attending appellee's service in the Japanese Army and voting in the Japanese elections and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom.
Mr. Justice Black is of. the opinion the judgment should be affirmed.
Mr. Justice Douglas, being of the view that the findings are adequate to show that the services' of appellee to Japan were rendered under the.compulsion of military and other sanctions, evidenced in some instances by physical beatings, dissents to vacation and remand.
Solicitor General Perlman and Howard K. Hod-dick for appellant.
A. Li Wirin, Fred Okrand and Katsuo Miho for appellee.