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Cafiero v. Kennedy

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided August 3, 1966No. Civ. A. 338-62PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COOLAHAN, District Judge:

I. This is a declaratory judgment action brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, for a determination of plaintiff’s citizenship.

On February 6, 1956 Antonino Cañero entered the United States as a non-immigrant crewman and has remained here ever since. On June 14, 1957 deportation proceedings were instituted under Section 241(a) (1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1251(a) (1). [Hereinafter “The Nationality Act].

As a bar to deportation, the plaintiff asserted American citizenship by virtue of his father having been a United States citizen at the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. United States v. SchifferDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993

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