Wong Yoke Sing v. Dulles

BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

This is a motion by the plaintiff pursuant to Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, Title 8 U.S.Code, § 903,1 for an order directing the defendant to furnish the plaintiff with a travel document, called a certificate of identity, thereby enabling him to appear and testify in this action for a judgment, declaring the plaintiff to be a national of the United States.

The section of the applicable statute is as follows:

“§ 903. If any person who claims a right or privilege as a national of the United States is denied such right or privilege by any Department or…