Abel Verdon Construction v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1324A (§ 274a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on English v. General Electric Co. · CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood · Crosby Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts v. National Foreign Trade Council · Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Dowling v. Slotnik
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“acted without or in excess of his powers;”
2 later decisions 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.