Crane v. Reeder’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 22 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The laws of congress manifest a disposition to open the door as wide as possible to induce aliens to become citizens. But they show as plain an intent not to give any special privileges to aliens who do not comply with the statutes.... The disability of alienage ... always rested on the broader principle that states are organized for the benefit of their own people, and that those who are not within the allegiance can have no claim beyond what the law sees fit to give them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sanchez v. Eagle Alloy, Inc.

2. ““The doctrine of presumption of title from ancient grant is quite as inadmissible. If such a presumption can ever be allowed to dispute the accuracy of the public acts and records, it cannot be permitted when there is in the case positive and unquestioned evidence showing that no title existed, or was ever set up, on behalf of Eeeder, beyond his assumption of possession. ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dickinson

3. ““Congress’never legislated on tbe subject, and there never has been an instance of an escheat claimed to have accrued to the United States since they came into existence.”' ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Christianson v. King County