Delgadillo v. Carmichael’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

276 federal appellate · 18 district · 46 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 468 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(T)he exigencies of war, not his voluntary act, put him on foreign soil. It would indeed be harsh to read the statute so as to add the peril of deportation to such perils of the sea. We might as well hold that if he had been kidnapped and taken to Cuba, he made a statutory 'entry' on his voluntary return. Respect for law does not thrive on captious interpretations.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States ex rel. Rubio v. Jordan · Diego Ricardo Itzcovitz, a Permanent Resident Alien Residing in New York, New York v. Selective Service Local Board Number 6, New York, New York

2. “(D)eportation can be the equivalent of banishment or exile.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Suarez v. State · Diego Ricardo Itzcovitz, a Permanent Resident Alien Residing in New York, New York v. Selective Service Local Board Number 6, New York, New York

3. “We accept the view that the word `entry' * * * includes any coming of an alien from a foreign country into the United States whether such coming be the first or subsequent one.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Barber v. Gonzales · United States ex rel. Belfrage v. Kenton