Legal Opinion
Salvatore Alata, Also Known as Salvatore Alati v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 27, 1955No. 10957PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
After a hearing the District Court dismissed the complaint of Salvatore Alata, a native born American who sought a declaratory judgment that he is a citizen of the United States. This the court denied on the ground that after induction into the Italian army in September, 1933, he took an oath of allegiance to the King of Italy, shown by the evidence to have been in December of the same year. 1
The applicable statute, Section 2 of the Expatriation Act of March 2, 1907, 2 provides,
“ * * * any American citizen shall be deemed to have expatriated himself * * * when he has taken…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Perkins v. ElgSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Dos Reis Ex Rel. Camara v. NicollsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1947
- Lehmann v. AchesonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Mandoli v. AchesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Podea v. Acheson, Secretary of State of United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Nishikawa v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Enrico Soccodato v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Giovanni Stipa v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Mitsugi Nishikawa v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Felice Bruni v. John Foster Dulles, Angelantonio Sbrocca v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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