Wong Bick Ling v. Dulles

PINE, District. Judge.

This action seeks a declaratory judgment that plaintiffs are citizens of the United States. It is brought under Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940,1 reading, so far as material, as follows:

“If any person who claims a right * * * as a national of the United States is denied such right * * * by any Department * * * upon the ground that he is not a national of the United States, such person, regardless of whether he is within the United States or abroad, may institute an action against the head of such Department * * * in the District Court of the United States for…