Wilson v. Girard
| Wilson v. Girard | |
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| Argued July 8, 1957 Decided July 11, 1957 | |
| Full case name | Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al., v. William S. Girard, United States Army Specialist 3/C. |
| Citations | 354 U.S. 524 (more) 77 S. Ct. 1409; 1 L. Ed. 2d 1544 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Girard v. Wilson, 152 F. Supp. 21 (D.D.C. 1957) (denying writ of habeas corpus, but granting injunction to petitioner) |
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| Case opinion | |
| Per curiam | |
| Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement | |
Wilson v. Girard, 354 U.S. 524 (1957), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court refused to stop the executive branch from handing United States Army soldier William S. Girard over to Japanese authorities for trial. Girard was accused of killing a Japanese woman while assigned to the U.S. Army in Japan, precipitating a major international incident remembered as the "Girard incident".