Montana v. Kennedy
| Montana v. Kennedy | |
|---|---|
| Decided May 22, 1961 | |
| Full case name | Montana v. Kennedy |
| Citations | 366 U.S. 308 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Petitioner is not a citizen of the United States because he lacks a statutory basis for claiming derivative citizenship. | |
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Montana v. Kennedy, 366 U.S. 308 (1961), was a U.S. Supreme Court case that determined the citizenship status of Mauro John Montana, who at the time of the case was a resident of the United States born to a naturalized U.S. Citizen mother and an alien Italian father in Italy. The court held that the petitioner (Montana) was not a U.S. Citizen on the grounds that the petitioner did not earn citizenship through R.S. § 2172 as was argued, or R.S. § 1993 which provided citizenship to foreign-born children whose fathers were citizens.