KLIG v. UNITED STATES

No. 182, Docket 26471.

296 F.2d 343 (1961)

Myer KLIG, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cammer & Shapiro, New York City (Harold I. Cammer, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner.

Morton S. Robson, U.S. Atty., Southern Dist. of New York, New York City (Charles J. Hartenstine, Jr., Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for respondent.

Before MAGRUDER, WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

On April 14, 1958, Myer Klig filed a naturalization petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The petition was denied. The court found that during the hearing on the petition Klig testified falsely concerning his participation in four Communist Party activities in Canada twenty to twenty-five years earlier, and that this false testimony was given for the purpose of obtaining a benefit under the Immigration...

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