LOK’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Kulvir Singh Barapind v. Janet Reno, Attorney General (2000), Bonilla v. Lynch (2016)
28 federal appellate · 3 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.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1256 (§ 246 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1257 (§ 247 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1282 (§ 252 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Elkins v. Moreno · Francis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Noel v. Chapman · Castillo-Felix v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Lok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the policies of the [Immigration and Naturalization] Act would best be served by deeming the lawful permanent resident status of an alien to end with the entry of a final administrative order of deportation....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not bound by the Immigration Judge's conclusions, but rather has plenary power to review the record de novo and to make its own independent determinations on questions of law and fact.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when the Board renders its decision in the case upon appeal or certification or, where no appeal to the Board is taken, when appeal is waived or the time allotted for appeal has expired.”
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.