Legal Opinion
Tomasicchio v. Acheson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 18, 1951No. Civ. A. 2613-49PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This is an action against the Secretary of State to procure a judgment declaring the plaintiff to be a citizen of the United States. 1
The principal question involved is as follows. If a person born in the United States of alien parents is taken during his minority to the country of which his parents are nationals and continues to reside there after attaining his majority without exercising an election to retain citizenship of the United States, does he automatically become expatriated within a reasonable time after becoming twenty-one years of age, if the country of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Wong Kim ArkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Perkins v. ElgSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Dos Reis Ex Rel. Camara v. NicollsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1947
- Hichino Uyeno v. AchesonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1951
- United States Ex Rel. Baglivo v. DayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1928
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Sadat v. MertesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Kawakita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Lehmann v. AchesonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Perri v. DullesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Acheson, Secretary of State v. MaenzaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
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