Ex parte Kawato’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 federal appellate · 6 district · 31 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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Ir asking that the rights of resident aliens he abrogated in their behalf, private litigants in effect seek to stand in the position of government. But only the government, and not the private individual, is vested with the power to protect all the people, including loyal aliens, from possible injury by disloyal aliens. If the public welfare demands that this alien shall not receive compensation for his work or payment for his injuries received in the course of his employment, the government can make the decision without allowing a windfall to these clamnomts.” (Italics supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Petition of S. R. A., Inc.

2. “Nothing in this record indicates, and we cannot assume, that he came to America for any purpose different from that which prompted millions of others to seek our shores — a chance to make his home and work in a free country, governed by just laws, which promise equal protection to all who abide by them.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 38 Cal. 2d 718 - Sei Fujii v. State of California

3. “The ancient rule against suits by resident alien enemies has survived only so far as necessary to prevent use of the courts to accomplish a purpose which might hamper our own war efforts or give aid to the enemy. This may be taken as the sound principle of the common law today.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Eisentrager