FAKALATA’s Empirical Analysis
1982
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1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1153 (§ 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Mila v. District Director of Denver
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a system which gives an adopted child the option to maintain a legal relationship with his natural parents is inconsistent with our concept of adoption and with [section 1101(b)(1)(E) ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kaho v. Ilchert“that an adoption may be obtained through application to the courts which is recognized by Tongan law as according rights of succession to the adopted child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kaho v. Ilchert“[e]ven illegitimate children adopted according to our statutory law cannot inherit, but they also are considered legally adopted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kaho v. Ilchert
How this case has been treated — in progress
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