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Chaunt v. United States, 364 U.S. 350 (1960)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Chaunt v. United States, 364 U.S. 350 (1960)
Chaunt v. United States No. 22 Argued October 17, 1960 Decided November 14, 1960 364 U.S. 350
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
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Under § 340(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, the United States sued to revoke the order admitting petitioner to citizenship, on the ground that it had been procured "by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation." The complaint alleged, and the District Court found, that petitioner had concealed membership in the Communist Party, a lack of intent to renounce foreign allegiance, and a record of arrests, and it revoked his citizenship. The Court of Appeals affirmed, reaching only the question of concealment of the arrests, which occurred more than five years before petitioner’s naturalization and were for distributing handbills, making a speech in a public park, and a breach of the peace.
Held: on the record in this case concerning the arrests, the Government failed to show by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence either (1) that facts were suppressed which, if known, would have warranted denial of citizenship, or (2) that their disclosure might have been useful in an investigation possibly leading to the discovery of other facts warranting denial of citizenship. Pp. 350-356.
270 F.2d 179, reversed and cause remanded.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chaunt v. United States, 364 U.S. 350 (1960), in 364 U.S. 350, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=81BNISM4MXJLSF8.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chaunt v. United States, 364 U.S. 350 (1960). cited in 1960, 364 U.S. 350. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=81BNISM4MXJLSF8.
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