Legal Opinion
Robert E. Whitehead v. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Secretary of State, of the United States Appeal of Robert E. Whitehead
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 27, 1986No. 85-5631PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a final order of the district court dismissing the complaint of appellant Whitehead as time barred. Whitehead brought this action for a declaratory judgment adjudging him to be a national of the United States pursuant to section 360(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1503(a) (1982), and the Declaratory Judgments Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. For the reasons that follow, we will reverse and remand.
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Whitehead was born in Los Angeles, California in 1943, thereby acquiring United States citizenship. He…
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- Jolanda Ferretti v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State, and Edward Shaughnessy, as District DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Linzalone v. DullesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
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