MacKenzie v. Hare’s Empirical Analysis
1913
Citation profile
2 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently October 1969
2 district · 16 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wong Kim Ark · Hauenstein v. Lynham · John Inglis v. The Trustees of the Sailor's Snug Harbour in the City of New York · Kreitz v. Behrensmeyer · Talbot v. Janson
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Sec. 2. That any American citizen shall be deemed to have expatriated himself when he has been naturalized in any foreign state in conforipity with its laws, or when he has taken an oath of allegiance to any foreign state. “When any naturalized citizen shall have resided for two years in the foreign state fro m which he came, or for five-years in any other foreign state it shall be presumed that he has ceased to be an American citizen, and .the place of his general abode shall be deemed his place of residence during said years: Provided, however, that such presumption may be overcome on the presenta! ytion of satisfactory evidence to a diplomatic or consular officer of the United ;States, under such rules and regulations as the Department of State may prescribe: And provided also, that no American citizen shall be allowed to expatriate himself when this country is at war. “Sec. 3. That any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizenship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital relation, by continuing to reside therein. “Sec. 4. That any foreign woman who acquires American citizenship by marriage to an American shall be assumed to retain the same after the termination of the marital r”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex parte Griffin
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.