Dos Reis Ex Rel. Camara v. Nicolls

MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

Section 401 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1168, 8 U.S.C.A. § 801, contains the following provision: “A person who is a national of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by: * * * (c) Entering, or serving in, the armed forces of a foreign state unless expressly authorized by the laws of the United States, if he has or acquires the nationality of such foreign state”. The question now before us is whether under this provision loss of nationality results where such a person was over his protest drafted into the foreign…