United States v. Chen’s Empirical Analysis
2 F.3d 330 · 1993
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3231 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 3731 · 8 U.S.C. § 1103 (§ 103 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1324 (§ 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1357 (§ 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Pauley v. Beth-Energy Mines, Inc. · Fleet Factors Corp. v. United States · Culberson v. Mississippi · United States v. Aguilar · Hughes v. Washington Post Co.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On August 21, 1991, the Undercover Operations Review Committee of the United States Department of Justice (Review Committee) authorized the INS agents to proceed with the proposed undercover operation involving the use of the Corinthian in international waters. On August 27, the Review Committee considered a revised plan for the INS’s proposed undercover operation.... The Review Committee was aware that INS agents would conduct the undercover investigation in international waters when approval was given. The Review Corn-mittee guidelines specifically contemplate an INS “undercover operation [that] will be conducted substantially outside the United States.” INS Undercover Operation Guidelines at IV. A.(2). The operation was also approved by the United States Attorney for the Central District of California and an Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice, both of whom knew that the operation would be conducted in international waters.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“has delegated broad enforcement powers to the Attorney General, who in turn has delegated those powers to the Commissioner of the INS, who in turn is authorized to delegate those powers to INS agents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“) have the authority to conduct law enforcement activity outside the United States, even when Congress has not explicitly and directly conferred it on them, because Congress”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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