Acheson, Secretary of State v. Mariko Kuniyuki

Counsel fail to appreciate that Savorgnan v. United States, 338 U.S. 491, 70 S.Ct. 292, 94 L.Ed. 287, compels the statement in this court’s opinion to which appellee particularly objects. That statement was: “The fact, if it be a fact, that she did not intend to lose her nationality and did not know that she would lose • it if she voted in these elections is immaterial.”

In the Savorgnan case, the court said, 338 U.S. at page 499, 70 S.Ct. at page 296: “The petitioner’s principal contention is that she did not intend to give up her American citizenship, although she applied for and accepted…