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Tomoya Kawakita v. United States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

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Judicial Decisions Involving Questions of International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1953

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References

1 See 190 F. (2d) 506, this Joubnal, Vol. 46 (1952), p. 147.

2 dark and Frankfurter, JJ., took no part in the decision, and Vinson, C. J., and Black and Burton, JJ., dissented on the ground that petitioner had expatriated himself through his demonstration of allegiance to Japan and that his statement that he was still a citizen when he sought a passport could not restore the citizenship he had lost.

Accord with the principal case, see D’Aquino v. U. S., 192 F. (2d) 338 (9th Ct., Oct. 10, 1951), upholding the treason conviction of “Tokyo Rose,” who, though American-born, had broadcast for Japan during the war.