Legal Opinion
Bellei v. Rusk
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 28, 1969No. Civ. A. 3002-67PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff, Aldo Mario Bellei, is a citizen of the United States by virtue of section 301(a) (7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. That section confers American citizenship on children born of at least one American parent, even though such child is born outside of the United States.1 Plaintiff brought this action against the Secretary of State to enjoin enforcement of section 301(b) of the 1952 Act, which if operative would terminate his American citizenship. Subsection (b) of § 301 places a limitation on the grant of citizenship made by section 301(a)…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Katzenbach v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Blackmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Schneider v. RuskSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Perkins v. ElgSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Rogers v. BelleiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Santos Gonzalez De Lara v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- In re the Naturalization of BalsamoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- Rhodia, Inc., Hess & Clark Division v. Food and Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Hector Leandro Vazquez v. Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
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