Legal Opinion
Gualco v. Acheson
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 29, 1952No. 30237PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
Petitioners, a brother and sister who have resided in Italy since early childhood, seek, pursuant to Section 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 54 Stats. 1171, 8 U.S.C.A. § 903, a judgment declaring them to be United States citizens. Their petition is prompted by the refusal of the Department of State to issue them passports for their return to the United States upon the ground that they have forfeited the United States citizenship acquired by birth in this country.
The difficult questions presented by this petition result from the somewhat halting efforts of the…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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