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Dale Minami

Dale Minami

American lawyer

Jul 29, 2026

10:48
Can you share with us how were you brought on to this case to start off?
10:56
Yeah, I should mention that the Korematsu case was not an isolated case.
11:01
It was a combination of three different men, Gordon Hirabayashi in Seattle and Min Yasui in Portland.
11:09
all were involved in bringing a quorum novus petition.
11:14
Fred's case was the first one to be filed, and probably that's why we received more publicity.
11:23
I had experience in these impact cases that I mentioned, some of them after Korematsu, but most of them before.
11:31
And one day I got a call from Professor Peter Irons from Amherst College in Massachusetts, and he was a total stranger.

22 MINS LATER

33:17
So for you, as an attorney, and especially one of the attorneys who led the case of something similar like this, what goes through your mind witnessing something like this now?

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