Perez v Brownell; 31 Mar 1958

References: [1958] USSC 56, 356 US 44, 78 SCt 568, 2 LEd2d 603
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Coram: Frankfurter J, Warren CJ
(United States Supreme Court)
Warren CJ (dissenting) described a right to nationality as ‘man’s basic right for it is nothing less than the right to have rights’.
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