Legal Opinion
In Re Naturalization of Magda Xiomara BATTLE
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 28, 1974No. 728548PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum of Decision and Order
MISHLER, Chief Judge,
Immigration and Naturalization Service opposes the petition for naturalization on the ground that the petitioner has failed to establish “that she is attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States . . . .”
Petitioner is a member and ordained minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses. She states that the precepts of her religion prohibit the exercise of certain rights and the performance of certain obligations of citizenship. Specifically, petitioner states that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Schneiderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Baumgartner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. SchwimmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Bacher v. City of North RidgevilleOhio Court of Appeals · 1975
- In Re Naturalization of De BellisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Petition of WilliamsDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1979
- In Re Naturalization of Del OlmoDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1988