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Legal Citation: 377 U.S. 163 (1964)

Appellant
Angelika L. Schneider

Appellee
Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State

Appellant's Claim
That a section of the 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Act, which stripped the citizenship of naturalized Americans who lived abroad for more than three years was unconstitutional.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Milton V. Freeman

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Bruce J. Terris

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas (writing for the Court), Arthur Goldberg, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren

Justices Dissenting
Tom C. Clark, John Marshall Harlan II, Byron R. White (William J. Brennan, Jr. did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
18 May 1964

Decision
Upheld appellant's claim.