Whitfield v. Texas

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).