8 U.S.C. § 1482
Section 1482 · Repealed. Pub. L. 95432, 1, Oct. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 1046
Applied in 20 court decisions — leading case Nishikawa v. Dulles (1958)
Most recently applied in Pierre v. Holder (December 2013)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, 350, 66 Stat. 269, provided that an individual with dual nationality who voluntarily claims the benefits of the foreign state nationality loses his United States nationality by having continuous residence in the foreign state for 3 years after having attained 22 years of age unless prior to the 3 year period he takes an oath of allegiance to the United States, or his residence in the foreign state was for a reason specified in section 1485 (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) of this title or section 1486 (1) or (2) of this title.