Legal Opinion
Chacoty v. Tillerson
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 16, 2018No. Civil Action No. 14–764 (RDM)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH D. MOSS, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs are eighteen Israeli citizens1 and a Canadian citizen, all of whom were born outside the United States. They contend that they are U.S. citizens by birth pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1401(c). That provision confers birthright citizenship on a person born abroad if both parents are U.S. citizens and one parent "has had a residence in the United States" prior to the person's birth. Id. Each of the Plaintiffs applied to the State Department for *297proof of citizenship in the form of Consular Reports of Birth Abroad ("CRBAs"). The State Department…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Chacoty v. TillersonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2019
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