Chow Sing v. Brownell’s Empirical Analysis
217 F.2d 140 · 1954
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1503 (§ 360 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 501 · 8 U.S.C. § 601
Relies on Howell Chevrolet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Howell Chevrolet Co. · Wong Wing Foo v. McGrath · Gong v. Brownell · Bauer v. Clark
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If any person who claims a right or privilege as a national of the United States is denied such right or privilege by any Department or agency, or executive official thereof, upon the ground that he is not a national of the United States, such person, regardless of whether he is within the United States or abroad, may institute an action against the head of such Department or agency in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia or in the district court of the United States for the district in which such person claims a permanent residence for a judgment declaring him to be a national of the United States. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shew v. Dulles“with directions to make findings as to whether Wong Hie is the father of Wong Gong Fay, such findings to be made in the light of the decisions of this court, supra, and thereupon enter such judgment as may be proper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.