Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Petition for Naturalization of Richard John Longstaff
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1983No. 82-1218PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
May a resident alien be denied naturalization because he was a homosexual at the time he was admitted to the United States? The district court, 538 F.Supp. 589, answered this question in the affirmative. We affirm its judgment that the petitioner is ineligible for naturalization because, being excludable on the ground of his homosexuality when he arrived here, he was not lawfully admitted to the United States.
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Richard John Longstaff, now forty-three, is a native and citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On November 14, 1965, he was…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Davis v. PassmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Landon v. PlasenciaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ford Motor Credit Co. v. MilhollinSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- Nehme v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Neil Monet v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Samuel Appiah v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- KOLOAMATANGIBoard of Immigration Appeals · 2003
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