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Rebecca Maisenberg

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Michigan
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Rebecca Maisenberg was a Detroit resident whom the government sought to denaturalize based on alleged political associations. Her case reached the Supreme Court with that of former Michigan state senator Stanley Nowak as a test of the Walter-McCarran Act’s denaturalization provisions. The proceeding concerned citizenship status and did not result in arrest or confinement.

Case

Charges: Civil denaturalization proceeding under the Walter-McCarran Act
Sentence: No arrest or confinement.