Tsuyoshi Iwamoto v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United States

JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

Iwamoto, who is appellant here, filed a complaint under provisions of the Nationality Act of 1940, 1 2seeking to obtain a declaration that he is a national of the United States. There was an answer filed. A trial was held. The District Court found that Iwamoto made a “cold and calculated choice” of Japanese citizenship when “he was not intimidated or coerced in any manner” and thus had “voluntarily expatriated himself” as a national of the United States. A judgment was entered in favor of the Secretary of State and against Iwamoto, wherein the relief prayed for…