Legal Opinion

United States v. Zucca

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 30, 1956No. 213PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren

This is a denaturalization proceeding under § 340 (a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952.1 The sole question is whether § 340 (a) makes the filing of the “affidavit showing good cause” a prerequisite to maintenance of the suit. The District Court held that it does *92and ordered the complaint dismissed unless the Government filed an affidavit showing good cause within 60 days. As this was not done, the complaint was dismissed without prejudice to the Government’s right to institute an action to denaturalize the respondent upon filing the affidavit. 125 F. Supp. 551. On appeal by the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

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