LONGSWORTH’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 1974
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on CADLE
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . other British, French, and Netherlands territory or possessions in or bordering on the Caribbean Sea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. ZOELLNER“ineligible to obtain a special immigrant visa,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.