Your Towne Builders, Inc. v. Manheim Twp. ~ Appeal of: Manheim Twp.

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• holding that test of whether misrepresentations are material is whether they had natural tendency to influence decision of INS
• concluding that this concurrence provides the controlling standard in 18 U.S.C. § 1425(a) prosecutions for unlawful procurement of citizenship
• holding that a statement or omission is material if it has “a natural tendency to influence the decisions” of immigration officials
• holding that the government must meet its burden with “clear, unequivocal, and convincing” evidence
• holding that whether Kungys possessed the subjective intent of obtaining immigration or naturalization benefits in making the misrepresentations must be resolved by the trier of fact
• recognizing that a “misrepresentation is material if it ‘has a natural tendency to influence, or was capable of influencing, the decision of the decision-making body to which it was addressed.”

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