Legal Opinion

Maria Luisa Puig Jimenez v. John H. Glover

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 2, 1958No. 5285PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Litigation involving nationality-is apt to be tangled with technical niceties, and this case is no exception. It is» an appeal by Maria Luisa Puig Jimenez, from a judgment of the United States- District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, entered May 2, 1957, adjudging that she is not and never was a citizen of the United States, and dismissing her complaint for a declaratory judgment that she is such citizen.

Appellant was born in San Juan, Puer-to Rico, on August 24, 1922, her parents being Cristobal Puig and Sofia Perez, both alien Spanish nationals. She was not,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Ng Fung Ho v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Perkins v. ElgSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. McGrath v. KristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Brownell v. Tom We ShungSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Savorgnan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thadeus Drozd, A/K/A Adam Passoni v. Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  2. Rosasco v. BrownellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1958
  3. Julius Strupp v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958

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