Schmidt v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That any person who knowingly procures naturalization in violation of the provisions of this act shall bo fined not more than five thousand dollars or shall be imprisoned not more than five years, or both, and upon conviction the court in which such conviction is had shall thereupon adjudge and declare the final order admitting such persons to citizenship void. Jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the courts having jurisdiction of the trial of such offense to make such adjudication. Any person who knowingly aids, advises or encourages any person not entitled thereto to apply for or to secure naturalization or to file the preliminary papers declaring an intent to become a citizen of the United States, or who in any naturalization proceedings knowingly procures or gives false testimony as to any material fact, or who knowingly makes-an affidavit false as to any material fact required to be proved in such proceeding, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Dupont

2. ““So upon a revision of statuíes a different interpretation is not to be given to them without some substantial change of phraseology, some change other than, what may have been necessary to abbreviate the form of the law.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hemple v. Raymond