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TERRAZAS v. VANCE

No. 77-2007.

577 F.2d 7 (1978)

Laurence J. TERRAZAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cyrus VANCE, Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1978.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth K. Ditkowsky, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas P. Sullivan, Michael Lee Diegel, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 24, 1978.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is what standard of proof a district court should apply in deciding whether an individual voluntarily renounced his United States citizenship and thereby expatriated himself under 8 U.S.C. § 1481.

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Plaintiff was born in Takoma Park, Maryland on December 13, 1947. His father was a citizen of Mexico and his mother was a citizen of...

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