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FARUKI v. ROGERS

Civ. A. No. 175-72.

349 F.Supp. 723 (1972)

John Sayeed FARUKI, Plaintiff v. William P. ROGERS et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

October 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Onek and Richard A. Frank, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

David J. Anderson, John M. Kelson and Stuart Schiffer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, for defendants.

Before WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and HART and FLANNERY, District Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case involves the constitutionality of Section 515 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 22 U.S.C. § 910 (1970). The statute provides:

"No person shall be eligible for appointment as a Foreign Service officer unless he is a citizen of the United States and has been such for at least ten years."

In our view, this eligibility requirement violates the equal protection guarantee applicable to the federal government...

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