Legal Opinion

United States v. Spohrer

District Court, D. New Jersey

Decided January 14, 1910PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Petition by the United States against Joseph Spohrer, alias Joseph Sporr, to cancel a certificate of naturalization. On demurrer to petition.

1Opinion of the Court

CROSS, District Judge.

On the !Hh day of July, last, the government filed a petition in this court for the cancellation of a certificate of naturalization, with the decree relating thereto, issued October 21, 1881, to Joseph Spohrer, by the court of common pleas of Essex county, in the state of New Jersey. The substance of the petition is that Spohrer, being an alien and a subject of the Emperor of Germany, procured his certificate of naturalization by fraud, in that it was not true, as alleged, that he was a minor under the .age o f 18 years when he arrived in the United States, or that at…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  2. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. United States v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  4. Marshall v. HolmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  5. Stephens v. Cherokee NationSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Schurmann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1920
  3. United States v. KuscheDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1944
  4. United States v. WexlerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1925
  5. Rosenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1932

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