United States v. Foo Duck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 9 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There is no fraud charged against the appellant (appellee) in obtaining the certificate under which he was admitted into the United States; nor is there any question raised as to his having been a student both before and after his arrival into the United States. It is not questioned that he is, and was at the time of his arrival in this country, a son of a merchant domiciled in this country. He was therefore lawfully admitted into the United States. The contention of the government .is that, notwithstanding these facts, the appellant (appellee) should be deported because after he arrived in this country ‘he worked as a cook and waiter at different times for several years.’ * * * When he came to this country, he was 16 years of age. He is now over 23 years old. He has been here over seven years, five of these years he was a minor, and all of these .years he was the son of a merchant residing and doing business in this country. Do these facts place the appellant (appellee) in the excluded class and subject him to deportation?””

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

2. ““We know of no law providing tor the deportation of a Chinese person who has lawfully obtained admission into the United States, and has not become subject to deportation under the general immigration laws.””

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