Nolan v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis
334 F.3d 189 · 2003
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Miranda · Jean Patrick Michel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Juan Ramon Sol v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person filing an application under subsection (a) of this section shall comply in all other respects with the requirement of this subchapter”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[no person except as otherwise provided in this title shall be naturalized unless such applicant] during all the periods referred to in this subsection has been and still is.' a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Notwithstanding Congress's desire to reward aliens who have served the United States in its Armed Forces, it hardly seems unreasonable for the INS to have inferred that Congress would not have intended to single out persons trained and/or experienced in physical confrontations for elimination of the requirement of good moral character.”
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.