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TROP v. DULLES

No. 70.

356 U.S. 86 (1958)

78 S.Ct. 590

2 L.Ed.2d 630

TROP v. DULLES, SECRETARY OF STATE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner.

Oscar H. Davis argued the cause for respondents on the original argument, and Solicitor General Rankin on the reargument. With them on the briefs were Warren Olney, III, then Assistant Attorney General, and J. F. Bishop. Beatrice Rosenberg was also with them on the brief on the reargument.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, and MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER join.

The petitioner in this case, a native-born American, is declared to have lost his United States citizenship and become stateless by reason of his conviction by court-martial for wartime desertion. As in Perez v. Brownell, ante, p. 44, the issue before us is whether this forfeiture of citizenship...

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