United States John Turner v. William Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 8 district · 21 state decisions

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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Repeated decisions of this court have determined that Congress has the power to exclude aliens from the United States, to proscribe (ho torras and conditions on which they may come in, to establish regulations for sending out of the country such aliens as have entered in violation of law, and to commit the enforcement of such conditions and regulations to executive officers, that the deportation of an alien who is found to be here in violation of law is not a deprivation of liberty without due process of law, and that the provisions of the Constitution securing the right of trial by jury have no application.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kaneda v. United States

2. ““I do not believe it witbin the power of Congress to give to ministerial officers a final adjudication of the right to liberty, or to oust the courts from-the duty of inquiry respecting both law and facts. ‘The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in eases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it.’ Const, art. 1, § 9, cl. 2.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Fong Yim

3. “[T]he power to regulate commerce with foreign nations ... includes the entrance of ships, the importation of goods, and the bringing of persons into the ports of the United States”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baston v. United States