Yuichi Inouye v. Clark

The plaintiffs of Japanese ancestry born in the United States and residents of the State of California bring this action to cancel and declare null and void their renunciations of citizenship made by them when they were confined and detained in Relocation Centers, with a large number of Japanese who are not citizens of the United States during the period of the war.

They claim to be citizens and nationals of the United States by birth and assert that their renunciations were not of their free and voluntary act but were the result of undue influence, mistake, duress and coercion. Jurisdiction is vested by Section 903, Title 8 U.S.C.A., wherein it is provided that any person who claims a right or privilege as a national of the United States is' denied such right by any department or agency upon the ground that he is not a-national of the United States, may institute an action in a District Court of the United States for a decree declaring him to be a national of the United States.

The applications for renunciations were made under Section 801 of the Nationality Act of 1940, authorizing them to be made in compliance with law.

The case, under stipulation, is before the court upon…