Legal Opinion
Acheson, Secretary of State v. Maenza
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 12, 1953No. 11369_1PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by appellee under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act 1 and under Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940 2 for a determination of his right to United States citizenship. An appeal was taken by the Government from a District Court judgment declaring that appellee “has been at all times since his birth and now is” a citizen and a national of the United States.
Appellee Rosario Maenza was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 29, 1912, the son of alien Italian parents. Under familiar principles of international law and of the municipal law of the…
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