Legal Opinion
In re Bhagat Singh Thind
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided October 18, 1920No. 998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In the matter of the petition of Bhagat Singh Thind for admission to citizenship.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The applicant is a high-caste Hindu, born in Armitsar, Punjab, in the northwestern part of India. He is 28 years of age, and was admitted into this country on July 4, 1913, *684at Seattle, Wash, He entered the army, and served therein for six months at Camp Lewis, and was accorded an honorable discharge; his character being designated by the officer granting the discharge as “excellent.” He was acting sergeant at the time of his discharge.
The testimony in the case tends to show that, since his entry into this country, the applicant’s deportment has been that of a good…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Wong Wing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Chae Chan Ping v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- In re HalladjianU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1909
- United States v. BalsaraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
- In re SinghDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1919
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. ThindSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Burke v. Cincinnati, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Hamilton County1929