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De MESA v. CASTRO

No. 86-1713.

844 F.2d 642 (1988)

Leon Jose S. De MESA, et al., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Francisco C. CASTRO, et al., Defendants, Edwin Meese, III., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Olderman, Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Appellate Staff, Washington, D.C., for defendant-intervenor-appellant.

Michael A. White, White, Novo-Gradac and Thompson, Saipan, CM, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before SCHROEDER, NELSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs represent themselves and a class of similarly situated individuals who in 1977 renounced Filipino citizenship in order to become citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and eventually permanent citizens of the United States. They filed this action in 1979 against the government of the Northern Marianas seeking "certificates of identity" entitling them to the benefits of United States citizenship during...

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