IN RE PETITION OF RUSSO

Petition Nos. 753806, 755641.

259 F.Supp. 230 (1966)

In re Petition for Naturalization of Francesco Adolf RUSSO. In re Petition for Naturalization of Seth Ferdinand WEEKS.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

September 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary B. Tarcher, New York City, for petitioners, Legal Aid Society, Robert L. Feldt, New York City, of counsel.

John R. Speer, New York City, designated Examiner for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.


FRANKEL, District Judge.

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, like its predecessors, requires aliens to demonstrate "good moral character" in order to qualify for citizenship, 8 U.S.C. § 1427(a) (3), or for other benefits, id., §§ 1254, 1259(c), 1435(b), 1438(b) (1), and 1439(e). In its application to the substantial fraction of us who are neither beasts nor angels, the required judgment is not necessarily...

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