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Zemel v. Rusk, Secretary of State, et al.
379 U.S. 809·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 86.
Zemel v. Rusk, Secretary of State, et al.
Leonard B. Boudin and Victor Rabinowitz for appellant. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Yeagley, Kevin T. Maroney and Lee B. Anderson for appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court, for the District of Connecticut. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits.