Legal Opinion
Matter of Naturalization of 68 Filipino War Vets.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 1, 1975No. 186373PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
RENFREW, District Judge.
Petitioners are 68 Filipinos whose petitions for naturalization pursuant to Sections 701 — 705 of the Nationality Act of 1940, ch. 199, 56 Stat. 182 et seq., as amended, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1005 (1940 ed. Supp. V), were denied by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Petitioners, who have lived in the United States for varying lengths of time, chiefly as “visitors,” claim to have served honorably in the United States armed forces during the Second World War via service in the Commonwealth Army of the Philippines or the Philippine Scouts.…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Petition for Naturalization of Antonio Olegario v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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