Legal Opinion
Chew Yin v. Acheson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 30, 1954No. Nos. 11113, 11114PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.
The appellants in these two matters, plaintiffs in their several suits against Dean Acheson, then Secretary of State, for declaratory judgments in the District Court, have perfected their appeals from orders dismissing their suits. Inasmuch as the issues in both cases are identical we shall dispose of them in one opinion.
Plaintiffs averred that they are nationals of the United States and sought, in pursuance of Section 503 of the Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 903 1 a judgment declaring them so to be. The District Court sustained a motion to dismiss on the ground that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. BoutwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Geisler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Bowles v. WilkeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
- Tom Wing Po v. Acheson, Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
- Danenberg v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Sherman H. Skolnick v. Commissioner James Benton Parsons, the President's Commission of Law Enforcement and Administration of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Poindexter v. FolsomCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Poindexter v. FolsomCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- Sandridge v. FolsomDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1959
- Chew Yin, by His Father and Next Friend, Chew Get v. Dean Acheson, as Secretary of State, Chin Quong Kim, by His Next Friend, Chin Wah Hing v. Dean Acheson, as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954