Karnuth v. United States ex rel. Albro’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

65 federal appellate · 25 district · 33 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 209 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * is inconsistent with a condition of hostility. * * * The reasons for the conclusion are obvious — among them, that otherwise the door would be open for treasonable intercourse. And it is easy to see that such freedom of intercourse also may be incompatible with conditions following the termination of the war.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Garrow · Akins v. United States

2. ““The contention is that respondents were temporary visitors for business; and the case is therefore narrowed to the simple inquiry whether the word ‘business,’ as used in the statute, includes ordinary work for hire. The word is one of flexibility; and, when used in a statute, its meaning depends upon the context or upon the purposes of the legislation. * * * ‘The true sense in which the word was here employed will be best ascertained by considering the policy, necessity, and causes which induced the enactment.’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richards v. Commissioner · Richards v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

3. “The history of this legislation points clearly to the conclusion that one of its great purposes was to protect American labor against the influx of foreign labor.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 5 F. Supp. 297 - United States ex rel. Damiano v. Archibald · 616 F. Supp. 1387 - International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen v. Meese