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Legal Citation: 356 U.S. 86 (1958)

Appellant
Albert L. Trop

Appellee
John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State

Appellant's Claim
That taking away his American citizenship amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Osmond K. Fraenkel

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Earl Warren (writing for the Court), Charles Evans Whittaker

Justices Dissenting
Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
31 March 1956

Decision
The Supreme Court reversed Trop's expatriation.

Significance
Although the...