Legal Opinion

In re Chamorra

District Court, N.D. California

Decided May 17, 1924No. 5720PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In the matter of the petition of 'Dorothy Chamorra for naturalization.

1Opinion of the Court

KERRIGAN, District Judge.

In this case the petitioner, Dorothy Chamorra, on May 12, 1921, married a citizen of a foreign country. She is still the lawful wife of said foreigner, and since her marriage she has been continuously a resident of the city and county of San Francisco. Under the citizenship laws as they existed at the time of her marriage, petitioner lost her United States citizenship. Petitioner now seeks to be naturalized under the provisions of Act Sept. 22, 1922, c. 411, § 4 (Comp. Stat. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 4358c). Her petition is contested by the government representative on the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. MacKenzie v. HareSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re FortunatoDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1925
  2. In re WittusDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1931
  3. United States v. StabileCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1928

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