In re Najour (1909)

Title: In re Najour (1909)
Description: This is among the first in a series of racial prerequisite cases that challenged the eligibility of West, South, and East Asian immigrants for naturalization. The Naturalization Act of 1790 specified that only "free white persons" could naturalize, leading to judicial decisions that defined "whiteness" for naturalization purposes. The judge in this case determined that being from the Ottoman Empire alone was not enough to disqualify Najour from naturalization.
Date: 1909-12-01
Author: United States. District Court (Georgia: Northern District)
Legal Concept: Citizenship; Immigration; Race; Whiteness
Subject: Asian Americans; Immigrants
Temporal Coverage: Territorial Expansion; Jim Crow Era; Exclusion Era; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement
Spatial Coverage: Georgia; South
Related Documents: Naturalization Act of 1790; Dow v. United States (1915); Ozawa v. United States (1922); United States v. Thind (1923); United States v. Cartozian (1925)
Procedural History: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Document Type: Court Case
Document Category: Primary Source
Bluebook Citation: In re Najour, 174 F. 735 (N.D. Ga. 1909)
Contributor: Emily Binder

Title: In re Najour (1909)
Description: This is among the first in a series of racial prerequisite cases that challenged the eligibility of West, South, and East Asian immigrants for naturalization. The Naturalization Act of 1790 specified that only "free white persons" could naturalize, leading to judicial decisions that defined "whiteness" for naturalization purposes. The judge in this case determined that being from the Ottoman Empire alone was not enough to disqualify Najour from naturalization.
Date: 1909-12-01
Author: United States. District Court (Georgia: Northern District)
Legal Concept: Citizenship; Immigration; Race; Whiteness
Subject: Asian Americans; Immigrants
Temporal Coverage: Territorial Expansion; Jim Crow Era; Exclusion Era; Allotment and Assimilation Era; Progressive Era; Long Civil Rights Movement
Spatial Coverage: Georgia; South
Related Documents: Naturalization Act of 1790; Dow v. United States (1915); Ozawa v. United States (1922); United States v. Thind (1923); United States v. Cartozian (1925)
Procedural History: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Document Type: Court Case
Document Category: Primary Source
Bluebook Citation: In re Najour, 174 F. 735 (N.D. Ga. 1909)
Contributor: Emily Binder

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