Lim v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1970
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1103 (§ 103 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Lee Hon Lung v. Dulles · Lew Moon Cheung v. Rogers
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Several distinguished citizens of this community, who have know [sic] and have been friends of the plaintiff for many years, testified to the excellent reputation of plaintiff in the community for truth, honesty and integrity. There is no question but that plaintiff has been an outstanding member of the Los Angeles community and has made substantial contributions to the development of this area and its institutions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lim v. Mitchell“It is unfortunate that the conduct of plaintiff's father so many years ago, when bringing his son [plaintiff] into the United States as a member of the Lim family and as the grandson of Lim Sam, should now cause plaintiff the problems here presented.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lim v. Mitchell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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