Talbot v. Janson

{{Primary sources|date=November 2019}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox SCOTUS case | Litigants = William Talbot v. Joost Janson | ArgueDate = | ArgueYear = | DecideDate = August 22 | DecideYear = 1795 | FullName = Talbot v. Janson | USVol = 3 | USPage = 133 | ParallelCitations = 3 Dall. 133; 1 L. Ed. 540; 1795 U.S. LEXIS 331 | Prior = | Subsequent = | Holding = | Majority = | JoinMajority = | NotParticipating = Wilson | Seriatim = Paterson | Seriatim2 = Iredell | Seriatim3 = Cushing | Seriatim4 = Rutledge | LawsApplied = }} '''''Talbot v. Janson''''', 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 133 (1795), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the jurisdiction of the court extended to the seas and that a citizen of the United States could also hold the citizenship of another polity (in the case of Talbot, being a citizen of France).<ref>{{ussc|name=Talbot v. Janson|volume=3|page=133|pin=|year=1795|reporter=Dall.|reporter-volume=3}}.</ref> This holding means that multiple citizenship may be held by Americans.

==See also== *Multiple citizenship

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==External links== * {{caselaw source | case = ''Talbot v. Janson'', {{Ussc|3|133|1795|Dall.|3|el=no}} | cornell =https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/3/133 | courtlistener =https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2229179/talbot-v-janson/ | googlescholar = https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13288781845480481504 | justia =https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/3/133/ | loc =http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep003/usrep003133/usrep003133.pdf }}

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