This file contains correspondence and documentation concerning a legal challenge, led by Toronto lawyers F.A. Brewin and B.K. Sandwell, of the legality of Orders-in-Council P.C. 7355, 7356, and 7357 - authorizing the deportation of Japanese Canadians. The Supreme Court ultimately decided that none of the Orders-in-Council were ultra vires, or beyond the power of the government, and so dismissed the case. Also included are minutes of the Cabinet Committee on Japanese Problems from 1947 which discuss the control over movement and residence of persons of Japanese origin, the issuance of fishing licenses, "repatriation," and the authority of the Custodian in the forcible liquidation of property. Memoranda on claims by Japanese evacuees are within as well in preparation for the Bird Commission.