Pangilinan v. Castro

DECISION GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

I. Background

The pertinent history of this case has been adequately set forth by the Ninth Circuit in Smith v. Pangilinan, 651 F.2d 1320 (9th Cir. 1981) and in Pangilinan v. Castro, 688 F.2d 610 (9th Cir. 1982). The facts as they are relevant to this motion •will be briefly reNiewed here.

The named plaintiffs, represent a class of eighty-fiNe individuals who renounced their Filipino citizenship In order to qualify for citizenship in the new Commonwealth. These indiwid-*369uals were certified eligible to vote in the first election of the officers of the new…