Giovanni Stipa v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Giovanni Stipa appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing his complaint seeking a judgment declaring him to be a citizen of the United States. 1

The premise of the District Court’s disposition was that Stipa had, under the provisions of Section 401(d) of the Nationality Act of 1940, 2 expatriated himself by accepting employment as an auxiliary in the Police Force of Italy. Stipa’s contention that his employment was impelled by economic duress—that he “could find no work in any factory or employment…