Iseul v. Ministry of State

Iseul v. Ministry of State (1980) was a landmark case before the Archducal Court of Urcea in which it was ruled that Urcea's traditional, uncodified rule of citizenship-upon-conception applied to foreign nationals. The case had the practical effect of codifying the premise of citizenship-upon-conception and struck down previous prohibitions on accepting citizenship petitions from individually allegedly conceived in Urcea. The decision involved Iseul Oh, a national of Metzetta, who conclusively proved he was conceived in Urcea while his parents were on honeymoon in 1946. The Ministry of State nonetheless denied his request for citizenship, claiming that the conception rule only related to the civil rights of unborn persons in Urcea and did not, on its own, confer Urcean citizenship and nationality. Following lower court decisions which ruled in favor of the Ministry, the Archducal Court ruled unanimously in favor of Iseul Oh, granting him citizenship and establishing a precedent which enhanced the traditional understanding of citizenship-upon-conception.