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232 F. 382

In re Lampitoe

New York Southern District Court

Decided April 12, 1916.)

New York Southern District Court · decided 1916-04-12

Petition for naturalization by one Lampitoe. The petitioner is the son of a Filipino mother and of a father whose mother was a Filipino and whose father was a full-blooded Spaniard, resident in Manila. The petitioner has served one full term of enlistment in the United States Navy and is now .serving another; he is in every way qualified for citizenship, unless his race prevents.

Relies on In re Camille · In re Knight · In re Alverto

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Petition denied · Decided 1916-04-12

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Cited by 15 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 1968

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¶1Aliens <§=>61 — Naturalization—'“White Person.”

¶2The son of a Filipino mother and a father who was half Filipino and half Spanish is not a “white person,” and is not entitled to naturalization, even though he had served one full term in the Navy and w;as serving another.

¶3[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 119-122; Dec. Dig. <@=361.

¶4For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, First and Second Series, White Person.]

¶5Petition for naturalization by one Lampitoe.

¶6Petition denied.

¶7The petitioner is the son of a Filipino mother and of a father whose mother was a Filipino and whose father was a full-blooded Spaniard, resident in Manila. The petitioner has served one full term of enlistment in the United States Navy and is now .serving another; he is in every way qualified for citizenship, unless his race prevents.

¶8LEARNED HAND, District Judge.

¶9The case falls exactly within In re Alverto, 198 Fed. 688, and needs no other consideration. There may be doubt about such cases as In re Camille (C. C.) 6 Fed. 256, or In re Knight, 171 Fed. 299; but where the Malay blood predominates it would be a perversion of language to say that the descendant is a “white person.” Certainly any white ancestor, no matter how remote, does not make all his descendants white.

¶10Petition denied.

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