Legal Opinion
In Re Pisciattano
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 22, 1970No. Civ. 13501PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZAMPANO, District Judge.
The question presented in this ease is whether the petitioner’s adherence to her religious beliefs as a Jehovah’s Witness bars her from citizenship.
The petitioner, Antonia Palmieri Pis-ciattano, age 30, was admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident on September 2, 1955. She married a citizen of this country and now has three native-born children. On February 11, 1969, she filed a petition for naturalization. The Naturalization Examiner opposes her petition on the ground she failed to establish that she is attached to the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. MacIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Girouard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Naturalization of De BellisDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- In re BurkeDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1971
- Petition of WilliamsDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1979
- In Re Naturalization of Del OlmoDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1988