Legal Opinion
Mitsugi Nishikawa v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of State
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1956No. 14742PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court decreeing that the appellant Nishikawa, who was born in the United States, lost his United States citizenship by entering and serving in the Armed Forces of Japan from March 1, 1941 to September 6, 1945, and denying appellant’s prayer for judgment that he is a national of the United States.
The action was begun when Nishikawa filed a complaint for a judgment declaring that he was a national of the United States under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 903, 1946 Ed. 1 The complaint alleged that he was…
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