United States v. Waskowski’s Empirical Analysis
158 F.2d 962 · 1947
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1963
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“within a period of ten years immediately preceding the filing of the petition”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“But, as we interpret Congress' intent, the court is not permitted to go back more than 10 years preceding the filing of the application to determine whether the applicant is a member of or affiliated with a proscribed organization but is permitted to disqualify him only if that disqualifying factor has existed within 10 years prior to the filing of the petition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Application of Murra“the evident intent of Congress that any disqualification occurring more than 10 years prior to the date of the filing of his application and not existing within the 10-year period is insufficient to disqualify him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Application of Murra
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.