Chaunt v. United States

MR. Justice Clark, with whom Mr. Justice Whit-taker and Mr. Justice Stewart join,

dissenting.

Petitioner swore in his application for naturalization that he had never been under arrest when in fact he had been arrested in New Haven, Connecticut, on three separate occasions within an eight-month period. The arrests were for distributing handbills in a public street, making “an oration, harangue, or other public demonstration” in a public park and a “general breach of the peace.” Both the District Court and the Court of Appeals have found that petitioner’s falsification “was an intentional…