Legal Opinion
John Foster Dulles v. Otto Nathan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 23, 1955No. 12727PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Chief Judge.
On December 24, 1952, Dr. Otto Nathan, now the executor of Albert Einstein’s will, applied to the Department of State for a passport. When the application had been pending nearly 20 months, on August 17, 1954, he filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment and for an injunction to direct the Secretary of State to issue a passport. On March 15, 1955, when the application had been pending over two years, Judge Schwein-haut directed the Secretary of State to “promptly afford plaintiff an appropriate hearing on his application for a passport.” On June 1, 1955, finding that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Acheson v. DroesseCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
3Cited by18 opinions
- Max Shachtman v. John Foster Dulles, Individually and as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Homan Mfg. Co., Inc. v. H. A. LongCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
- John Doe v. John L. McMillanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Richard Weaver v. United Mine Workers of America, W. A. Boyle v. Richard WeaverCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Leonard B. Boundin v. John Foster Dulles, John Foster Dulles v. Leonard B. BoundinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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