UNITED STATES V. MENDOZA
464 U.S. 154 (1984)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over citizenship.
FACTS: Mendoza (P) was a Filipino national residing in the U.S. P petitioned for
citizenship in 1978 based on a statute that granted foreigners who served honorably in the
U.S. military during WWII the right to apply for and receive U.S. citizenship. The act was
repealed after the war and only applicants who had applied for citizenship prior to 12-31-46
were entitled to naturalization. The U.S. immigration office in the Philippines was closed
from October 1945 until August 1946. P argued that this fact excused his delay. P also
relied upon a 1975 decision in district court for 68 Filipino war veterans. The District
Court held that under the doctrine of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel the Government
could not relitigate the due process issue, because that issue had already been decided
against the Government. The Court of Appeals concluded that the District Court had not
abused its discretion in applying that doctrine against the United States in this case. The
Supreme Court granted certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
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