RUSK v. CORT

No. 20.

369 U.S. 367 (1962)

RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE, v. CORT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar H. Davis argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Miller, Beatrice Rosenberg and Jerome M. Feit.

Leonard B. Boudin argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Victor Rabinowitz.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by Jack Wasserman, David Carliner, Rowland Watts and Lawrence Speiser for the American Civil Liberties Union, and by Milton V. Freeman, Robert E. Herzstein, Horst Kurnik and Charles A. Reich for Angelika Schneider.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 349 (a) (10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 provides:

"From and after the effective date of this Act a person who is a national of the United States whether by birth or naturalization, shall lose his nationality by— ..... "(10) departing from or remaining outside of the jurisdiction of the United States in time of war or during a period declared by the...

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