Zimmerman v. Lehmann’s Empirical Analysis
339 F.2d 943 · 1965
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently June 2003 · most notably Assa'ad v. United States Attorney General (2003), Leal-Rodriguez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1993)
24 federal appellate ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Rosenberg v. Fleuti · Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan · Delgadillo v. Carmichael · United States Volpe v. Smith · Wadman v. Immigration & 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an intent to depart in a manner which can be regarded as meaningfully interruptive of the alien's permanent residence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(20) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, any immigrant who at the time of application for admission is not in possession of a valid unexpired immigrant visa, reentry permit, border crossing identification card, or other valid entry document required by this Act, and a valid unexpired passport, or other suitable travel document, or document of identity and nationality, if such document is required under the regulations issued by the Attorney General pursuant to section 211(a) (§ 1181(a) of this title);”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“attempt[ing] to enter the United States without a visa * * *.”
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.