Rogers v. Bellei
1971 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that an individual who received an automatic congressional grant of citizenship at birth, but who was born outside the United States, may lose his citizenship for failure to fulfill any reasonable residence requirements which the United States Congress may impose as a condition subsequent to that citizenship.[1]
Quick Facts Rogers v. Bellei, Argued January 15, 1970Reargued November 12, 1970 Decided April 5, 1971 ...
Rogers v. Bellei | |
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Argued January 15, 1970 Reargued November 12, 1970 Decided April 5, 1971 | |
Full case name | William P. Rogers, Secretary of State, Appellant, v. Aldo Mario Bellei |
Citations | 401 U.S. 815 (more) 91 S. Ct. 1060; 28 L. Ed. 2d 499 |
Case history | |
Prior | Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
Holding | |
Congress has the power to impose the condition subsequent of residence in this country on appellee, who does not come within the Fourteenth Amendment's definition of citizens as those "born or naturalized in the United States," and its imposition is not unreasonable, arbitrary, or unlawful. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Blackmun, joined by Burger, Harlan, Stewart, White |
Dissent | Black, joined by Douglas, Marshall |
Dissent | Brennan, joined by Douglas |
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