Legal Opinion
Kahane v. Secretary of State
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 6, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-3093PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Senior District Judge:
In this action, plaintiff Meir Kahane, seeks to enjoin officials of the United States Department of State from enforcing a Certificate of Loss of Nationality (“CLN”) approved by that agency on October 7, 1988. He also seeks a declaration from this Court that his Oath of Renunciation of his United States citizenship, executed on August 16, 1988, and again on September 16, 1988, was null and void.
Because of a recently enacted Israeli law which provided that only citizens of Israel could be members of the Knesset, plaintiff…
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