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SHELLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 7670.

120 F.2d 734 (1941)

SHELLEY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

June 9, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Shelley, pro se.

Bernard Margolius, of Washington, D. C. (Edward M. Curran and Arthur B. Caldwell, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and RUTLEDGE, JJ.

EDGERTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree denying appellant's petition for naturalization. Appellant is a native born woman who has always lived in the United States. In August, 1922, she married a German alien. Section 3 of the Expatriation Act of 19071 then provided that an American woman who married a foreigner took his nationality. Appellant therefore lost her citizenship.2 On September 22, 1922...

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