Legal Opinion
Polites v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 21, 1960No. 25PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
Petitioner is a native of Greece who came to this country in 1916. In 1942 he became a naturalized citizen by decree of the United States District Court at Detroit, under the provisions of the Nationality Act of 1940.1 In *4271952 the United States brought proceedings under § 338 (a) of the 1940 Act to revoke his citizenship.2 These proceedings culminated in a judgment of denat-uralization, 127 F. Supp. 768. An appeal from that judgment was docketed in the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Subsequently, under circumstances to be related, counsel for the petitioner stipulated to…
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