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United States V. Bhagat Singh Thind

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Date decided1923
Ruling court Supreme Court of the United States
Majority Sutherland
unanimous
Citations U. S.
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Date of Upd.
ID1396746
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About United States V. Bhagat Singh Thind


United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, 261 U. S. 204, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man who identified himself as a "high caste aryan, of full Indian blood," was racially ineligible for naturalized citizenship in the United States.

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