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Legal Citation: 356 U.S. 44 (1958)

Petitioner
Clemente Martinez Perez

Respondent
Herbert Brownell, Jr.

Petitioner's Claim
That Congress exceeded its authority in enacting certain sections of the Nationality Act of 1940, which were used to deny petitioner his U.S. citizenship.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Charles A. Horsky

Chief Lawyers for Respondent
Oscar H. Davis; J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter (writing for the Court), John Marshall Harlan II

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas, Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
31 March 1958

Decision
Petitioner's claim denied.