D.C. Circuit· 4/7/2009

Lin v. United States

Citations

561 F.3d 502
385 U.S. App. D.C. 191
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 7722
2009 WL 910994

How courts have described this case

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holding that “manifestations of ‘permanent allegiance’ do not, by themselves, render a person a U.S. national” (citing Abon-Haidar, 437 F.3d at 207)
dismissing as nonjusticiable lawsuit asserting that the United States exercised de jure sovereignty over Taiwan and residents of Taiwan were therefore United States nationals
listing the 1950s peace treaty with Japan, the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan, and the 1970s Taiwan Relations Act
refusing to deem residents of Taiwan U.S. nationals and to declare that they are entitled to U.S. passports because courts may not intrude on the Executive's decision to remain silent about Taiwan's sovereignty
declining to exercise jurisdiction over claims when “[i]dentifying Taiwan’s sovereign is an antecedent question”
dismissing plaintiffs’ claims because they were barred by the political question doctrine

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Judges: Henderson, Brown, Griffith

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