LEW HSIANG v. BROWNELL

No. 11594.

234 F.2d 232 (1956)

LEW HSIANG, Lew Yim and Lew Ann, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Herbert BROWNELL, as Attorney General, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben C. Brostoff, J. Norman Goddess, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Richard Mayer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellee.

Before FINNEGAN, SWAIM and SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judges.


FINNEGAN, Circuit Judge.

One day before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 66 Stat. 163, 181, became effective, Lew Hsiang, Lew Yim, and Lew Ann, plaintiffs, filed their joint petition below, seeking a declaratory judgment of their respective alleged citizenships under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940. 54 Stat. 1171, 8 U.S.C. § 903.* After a series of pleading amendments by both sides this action was dismissed for...

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