Document: 372 U.S. 224 83 S.Ct. 621 9 L.Ed.2d 695 Angelika L. SCHNEIDER, Petitioner,v.Dean RUSK, Secretary of State. No. 251. Decided Feb. 18, 1963. PER CURIAM. 1 Trial this case should have been before a three-judge District Court convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2282, 2284, as petitioner requested. Her complaint explicitly sought an 'injunction restraining the enforcement, operation or execution * (an) Act Congress'—s 352(a)(1) Immigration and Nationality 1952, 8 § 1484(a)(1), which provides that naturalized American citizen shall lose his nationality by 'having continuous residence for three years in territory foreign state he was formerly national place birth is situated *.' The concluded petitioner's presented no substantial constitutional issue denied motion convene court, relying on Lapides v. Clark, 85 U.S.App.D.C. 101, 176 F.2d 619 (1949), cert. denied, 338 860, 70 94 L.Ed. 527, Appeals Columbia Circuit had directly upheld predecessor companion provision, 352(a)(2) 1952 Act, 1484(a)(2), deprived citizenship residing five any state. Appeals' per curiam affirmance also based Lapides. Although view here intimated merits question present case, we disagree with conclusion courts below substantiality issue. intervening decisions Perez Brownell, 356 44, 78 568, 2 603, Trop Dulles, 86, 590, 596, reveal questions involving deprivation were district judge not plainly insubstantial. single-judge therefore powerless dismiss action merits, court. Ex parte Northern Pac. R. Co., 280 142, 144, 50 70, 74 233; Stratton St. Louis S.W.R. 282 10, 15, 51 8, 75 135; Poresky, 290 30, 54 3, 152; Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. Epstein, 370 713, 82 1294, 794. judgments are vacated remanded expeditious consistent views expressed. So ordered.

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