Legal Opinion

Joseph A. Jalbuena v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided April 11, 1958No. 12341_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

The Department of State having certified that, by operation of Section 401 (b) of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1168, 8 U.S.C. 1946 ed. § 801(b), Joseph Jalbuena had lost his birthright United States citizenship, and the Department also having rejected his application for an American passport, Jalbu-ena brought this suit for a declaratory judgment in an effort to vindicate his claim that he is a citizen of the United States. The decision of the District Court was against Jalbuena’s claim on its merits, and he has appealed.

Jalbuena’s father was born in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. Kawakita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Nishikawa v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Perez v. BrownellSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Lehmann v. AchesonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. United States v. MathesonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  2. Estate of Vriniotis v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1982
  3. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State of the United States v. Sukejiro KatamotoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  4. Edward Ying, and Felilu Ying v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. MathesonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1975

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