NOLAN’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · Knote v. United States · Martinez-Romero v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · 355 So. 2d 917 - State v. Adams
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“recognized the fact that in some instances, the supreme pardoning power may rest with an executive or executive body other than the President of the United States or the Governor of a state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thompson v. Barr“although provided for under a state constitution rather than by statute, [the automatic pardon] is akin to the legislative pardon which Congress clearly rejected”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thompson v. Barr
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.