Hizam v. Kerry

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• describing differences between citizenship acquired at birth and citizenship acquired later through naturalization
• “Well-settled case law bars a court from exercising its equity powers to naturalize citizens,” even when the equities “overwhelmingly” favor the plaintiff
• “Courts cannot grant citizenship” – nor documents that reflect citizenship status – “through their equitable powers.”
• “Well-settled case law bars a court from exercising its equity 2 powers to naturalize citizens.”
• “Citizenship of a person born abroad is determined by law in effect at the time of birth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ahmed Ali Muthana v. Michael Pompeo
  D.C. Circuit· 2021-01-19· cited 22×
• Association of Proprietary Colleges v. Duncan
  S.D. New York· 2015-05-27· cited 22×
• Mohamed Mathin v. John F. Kerry
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-04-07· cited 18×
• Jaen v. Sessions
  Second Circuit· 2018-08-13· cited 17×
• Hadwan v. US Dep't of State
  Second Circuit· 2025-06-03· cited 4×
• Deferio v. City of Syracuse
  N.D. New York· 2016-06-08· cited 2×
• Beazley Insurance Co. v. Ace American Insurance Co.
  Second Circuit· 2018-01-22
• Muthana v. Pompeo
  District of Columbia· 2019-12-17
• Sabra v. Pompeo
  District of Columbia· 2020-04-02
• Gonzalez Boisson v. Pompeo
  District of Columbia· 2020-04-28

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Cort v. Ash
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 3,337×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-25· cited 2,984×
• Costello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-02-20· cited 927×
• Miller v. Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2003-02-25· cited 820×
• Fedorenko v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 518×
• Dixon v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1965-05-03· cited 511×
• United States v. Wong Kim Ark
  Supreme Court· 1898-03-28· cited 427×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Pangilinan
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 347×
• Hallowell v. Commons
  Supreme Court· 1916-01-10· cited 235×
• United States v. Ginsberg
  Supreme Court· 1917-04-09· cited 229×
• United States v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-27· cited 108×
• Rogers v. Bellei
  Supreme Court· 1971-04-05· cited 92×
• Braden v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 67×
• Thadeus Drozd, A/K/A Adam Passoni v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 1998-08-24· cited 65×
• William Anthony Richards v. Secretary of State, Department of State, United States of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-02-04· cited 29×

Other cases named Hizam v. Kerry

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hizam v. Kerry
  Second Circuit· 2014-03-12