Schneider v. Rusk

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Schneider v. Rusk
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 2, 1964 Decided May 18, 1964
Full case name	Schneider v. Rusk
Citations	377 U.S. 163 (more) 84 S. Ct. 1187; 12 L. Ed. 2d 218; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1275
Case history
Prior	Judgment for defendant, 218 F. Supp. 302 (D.D.C. 1963); probable jurisdiction noted, 375 U.S. 893 (1963).
Subsequent	None
Holding
Naturalized U.S. citizens have the right to return to and reside in their native countries, and retain their U.S. citizenship, even if they never return to the United States.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
Majority	Douglas, joined by Warren, Black, Stewart, Goldberg
Dissent	Clark, joined by Harlan, White
Brennan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V

Schneider v. Rusk, 377 U.S. 163 (1964), was a 5–3 United States Supreme Court case that invalidated a law that stripped naturalized Americans of their citizenship as a result of extended or permanent residence abroad. Relying on the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, the court ruled it generally was unconstitutional to treat naturalized and natural-born citizens differently.^[1]