Norio Kiyama v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State, Miyoko Kiyama v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State

Norio Kiyama and Miyoko Kiyama filed separate actions seeking declarations that each was a national of the United States. The cases were consolidated and tried. Norio Kiyama was born on May 3, 1915, at Los Angeles, California, of Japanese parents. He was taken to Japan in 1922, and remained there until 1931, when he returned to the United States. Miyoko Kiyama was born at Manhattan Beach, California. During 1928, she was taken to Japan and remained there until 1938. Appellants were married in December, 1938.

Both were interned at various centers during the war, and were finally transferred to…