GRAUERT v. DULLES

No. 13138.

239 F.2d 60 (1956)

Peter GRAUERT and Hans Herbert Grauert, Minors, represented by their father Dr. Hans Grauert, as next of kin and natural guardian, Appellants, v. John Foster DULLES, Secretary of State, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1956.

Writ of Certiorari Denied March 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Eric Rosden, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. John W. Kern, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Lewis Carroll and Miss Catherine B. Kelly, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied March 25, 1957. See 77 S.Ct. 666.

EDGERTON, Chief Judge.

Appellants asked the District Court to declare them to be citizens of the United States by birth. Appellee says they are citizens by naturalization.

We do not reach the merits. We think the court was right in dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction. Grauert v. Dulles, D.C., 133 F.Supp. 836. The federal Declaratory Judgments...

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