PANGILINAN v. I.N.S.

Nos. 80-4543, 81-5427.

796 F.2d 1091 (1986)

Re Naturalization of Antolin Punsalan PANGILINAN, et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee. Re Naturalization of Mario Valderrama LITONJUA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 20, 1985.

August 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Ungar, Lawrence N. DiCostanzo, Simmons & Ungar, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioners-appellants.

Lauri Steven Filppu, John T. Bannon, Jr., Marshall Tamor Golding, Frank O. Bowman, III, Washington, D.C., for respondent-appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

These appeals involve the naturalization petitions of 15 Filipino nationals who served honorably in the United States armed forces during World War II. All 15 veterans claim they are entitled to American citizenship under §§ 701-705 of the Nationality Act of 1940, Pub.L. No. 76-853, 54 Stat. 1137, as amended by the Second War Powers Act § 1001, Pub.L. No. 77-507 § 1001, 56 Stat. 182 ("1940 Act"). The naturalization petitions...

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