Ex parte Moola Singh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 district ·

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

1. ““The authority of the immigration officers and the jurisdiction of the courts depend upon power conferred by Congress. It is a matter of legislation. No discretion is vested in the courts. Congress has a right to legislate upon the subject, prescribe rules, fix limits, and confer authority where it deems wise, in legislating upon the subject at hand. The supreme authority is conferred upon the immigration officers. The jurisdiction of the court is limited to ascertaining whether the petitioners were denied a hearing.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Chin Doe Tung · Ex parte Chin Own

2. ““ * * * ia eyery case where an alien is excluded from admission into the United States, under any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of the appropriate immigration officers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final, unless revex-sed on appeal to the Secretary of * * * Labor. * * * ” (Italics ours.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte Ng Kwack Kang · Ex parte Chin Own