MILLER v. ALBRIGHT

No. 96-1060.

523 U.S. 420 (1998)

MILLER v. ALBRIGHT, SECRETARY OF STATE

United States Supreme Court.

Decided April 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Ross Patterson argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Edward C. DuMont, Michael Jay Singer, and John S. Koppel.*

Stevens, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., joined. O'Connor, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Kennedy, J., joined, p. 445. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 452. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter and Breyer, JJ., joined, p. 460. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, p. 471.


Justice Stevens announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which The Chief Justice joins.

There are "two sources of citizenship, and two only: birth and naturalization." United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649, 702 (1898). Within the former category, the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees that every person "born in the United States, and subject to the

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