Legal Opinion

Sebastiano v. United States

District Court, N.D. Ohio

Decided February 19, 1951No. Civ. No. 27925PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff commenced an independent suit through his attorneys (plaintiff not being in the United States) seeking to have set aside, vacated and held for naught a decree entered in this Court on November 17, 1939, Civil No. 19912, revoking and cancelling plaintiff’s certificate of naturalization issued November 22,1926.

It is the law that the United States may not be sued by independent action unless by waiver of immunity or consent to suit. Zegura v. U. S., 5 Cir., 104 F.2d 34; Jones v. Watts, 5 Cir., 142 F.2d 575, 163 A.L.R. 240; U. S. v. Sotis, 7 Cir., 131 F.2d 783; U.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jones v. WattsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944
  2. Zegura v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
  3. United States v. SotisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1942
  4. United States v. KiriazeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
  5. United States v. HaasDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1944

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Dunlop v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
  2. Trueblood v. Grayson Shops of Tennessee, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1963
  3. United States v. ManosDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
  4. Philippine National Bank v. Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
  5. Gifford v. Casper Neon Sign Co., Inc.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1982

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