AFROYIM v. RUSK

No. 456.

387 U.S. 253 (1967)

AFROYIM v. RUSK, SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Ennis argued the cause for petitioner. On the briefs was Nanette Dembitz.

Charles Gordon, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Vinson, Beatrice Rosenberg and Jerome M. Feit.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, born in Poland in 1893, immigrated to this country in 1912 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1926. He went to Israel in 1950, and in 1951 he voluntarily voted in an election for the Israeli Knesset, the legislative body of Israel. In 1960, when he applied for renewal of his United States passport, the Department of State refused to grant it on the sole ground that he had lost his American...

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