Legal Opinion
Kahane v. Shultz
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 21, 1987No. 85 Civ. 3754PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
“All persons bom or naturalized in the United States,' and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States____” U.S. Const, amend. XIY, § 1. In this case, the court must decide whether the plaintiff, Rabbi Meir Kahane, has lost the precious right of American citizenship. The government must prove three things if Kahane is to be deprived of his citizenship:(1) that he committed an expatriating act, as defined by statute;(2) that he did so voluntarily; and(3) that he intended to relinquish his citizenship.
The parties agree that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Knight v. U.S. Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Afroyim v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Vance v. TerrazasSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. SchifferDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- Werner T. Heuer v. United States Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Kahane v. Secretary of StateDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1988
- Parness v. ShultzDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987