Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Elg
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1939No. Nos. 454, 455PublishedCited by 264 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr’ Chief Justice Hughes
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question is whether the plaintiff, Marie Elizabeth Elg, who was born in the United States of Swedish parents then naturalized here, has lost her citizenship and is subject to deportation because of her removal during minority to Sweden, it appearing that her parents resumed their citizenship in that country but that she returned here on attaining majority with intention to remain and to maintain her citizenship in the United States.
Miss Elg was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 2, 1907. Her parents, who were natives of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Terlinden v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Perkins v. ElgCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- United States v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
- United States Ex Rel. Baglivo v. DayDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1928
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