U.S. v. SCHMIDT

No. 90-1070.

923 F.2d 1253 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SCHMIDT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Wawzenski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Lorraine N. Mackler, Office of the Special Investigations, Susan L. Siegal, Ronnie L. Edelman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

George B. Collins, Jody B. Rosenbaum, Collins & Bargione, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge, and PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.


BAUER, Chief Judge.

The constitution empowers Congress "[t]o establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization." Article I, sec. 8, cl. 4. Any alien who seeks to acquire the "precious right" of American citizenship must meet all the requirements fixed by Congress. Schneiderman v. United States, 320 U.S. 118, 122 & 131, 63 S.Ct. 1333, 1335 & 1339, 87 L.Ed. 1796 (1943). One of the requirements Congress established for citizenship...

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