[Letter from the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the IRS concerning litigation and tax exemption] Page: 1 of 2
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TEXAS HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
a 3128 LEMMON AVE. EAST, SUITE 304 DALLAS, TEXAS 75204 1519 MARYLAND " HOUSTON, TEXAS /7006
(214) 522-5991 (713) 526-9139
12 January 1981
District Director
Internal Revenue Service
300 East 8th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Re: Proposed Litigation
Exemption dat e April 28. 1978 (501) (c) (3)
S ir/Ms:
I hereby request a ruling as to the effect that proposed
litigation would have on the tax exempt status of this
organization.
The proposed litigation deals with the petition for
naturalization of a person who has admitted to having
engaged in homosexual.canduct in the state of Texas.
Richard Longstaff, applied for naturalization in 1975
In 1977 an Immigration and Neturalization Service (INS)
examiner recommended that Langstaff'& petition be denied.
After further investigation a second examiner recommended
that the petition by granted and the INS moved to withdraw
the original recommendation that the petition be denied.
In March 1979, Longstaff's petition was denied by Judge
Estes in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division
(petition # 11, 248), The denial was apparently based on
the fact that Longstaff bad committed homosexual acts in
Texas violating Texas Penal Code Section 21.06. The trial
court record is not clear on this point.
An appeal to the Fifth Circuit was made (79-22.41) . In a
decision handed down on October 31, 1980, the court affirmed
the decision of Judge Estes on the grounds that in the
absence of an adequate factual record the appeallate court
would uphold. the finding of the trial court that Longstaff
A non-profit public interest litigating foundation
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Texas Human Rights Foundation. [Letter from the Texas Human Rights Foundation to the IRS concerning litigation and tax exemption], letter, January 12, 1981; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc967623/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.