Kessler v. Strecker’s Empirical Analysis
307 U.S. 22 · 1939
Citation profile
192 federal appellate · 18 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 371 later decisions (47 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2023 · most notably Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr (2001), Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez (1963)
192 federal appellate · 18 district · 12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United States Bilokumsky v. Tod · Ng Fung Ho v. White · United States Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration at Port of New York · Mahler v. Eby · United States v. Sing Tuck or King Do & Thirty-One
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 371 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * Only in the event an alleged alien asserts his United States citizenship in the hearing before the Department, and supports his claim by substantial evidence, is he entitled to a trial de novo of that issue in the district court. The status of the relator must be judicially determined, because jurisdiction in the executive to- order deportation exists only if the person arrested is an alien; * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The status of the relator must be judicially determined, because jurisdiction in the executive to order deportation exists only if the person arrested is an alien; and no statutory proceeding is provided in which he can raise the question whether the executive action is in excess of the jurisdiction conferred upon the Secretary.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Gros“aliens who . . . knowingly circulate, distribute, print, or display, or knowingly cause to be circulated, distributed, printed, published, or displayed . . . any written or printed matter . . . advising, advocating, or teaching: (1) the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States . . .”
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.