by the United States district court for the district of Puerto Rico. Santori's request was rejected because specifically says that renunciations of U.S. citizenship must be made before a U.S. diplomatic or consular officer abroad. Santori's attempt at renunciation was in the form of an affidavit in Lares, Puerto Rico. Behind the litigation over Santori's nationality status lie some anomalies and peculiarities relating to matters of status in Puerto Rico: Under the Treaty of Paris under which the United States acquired sovereignty over Puerto Rico, Spanish nationals had a right of option. United States nationality (citizenship) is acquired by persons born in Puerto Rico by that Treaty and under statute, and not under the 14th Amendment (, ). Finally, U.S. citizens, born or naturalized in Puerto Rico and domiciled and resident there at the time of death, are not subject to U.S. estate tax on Puerto Rican assets: ; Rev. Rul. 74-25; TAM 7612220070A; General Counsel Memorandum 36944, Dec. 10, 1976. See also Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics BSN Most Valuable Player Award References External links Stats in the 1960 Olympics from Basketball Reference Stats and accolades in basketball 1932 births 2018 deaths American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics BSN coaches National team coaches Olympic basketball players of Puerto Rico People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican independence activists Puerto Rican basketball coaches Puerto Rican men's basketball players Puerto Rican chess players Puerto Rican people of Irish descent Point guards Bachata singers 21st-century Puerto Rican male singers