KLAPPROTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 42.

335 U.S. 601 (1949)

KLAPPROTT v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Bateman Ennis argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were W. Clifton Stone and Morton Singer.

Robert L. Stern argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the following opinion in which MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS joins.

This case raises questions concerning the power of federal district courts to enter default judgments depriving naturalized persons of their citizenship without hearings or evidence, and to set aside default judgments under some circumstances four years or more after the default judgments were entered.

The petitioner was born in Germany...

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