Brownell v. We Shung’s Empirical Analysis
1956
Citation profile
187 federal appellate · 22 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 395 later decisions (23 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2025 · most notably Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe (1971), Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner (1967)
187 federal appellate · 22 district · 4 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedTom We Shung v. Brownell (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 1009 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1226 (§ 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1503 (§ 360 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Shaughnessy v. Pedreiro · Marcello v. Bonds · Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · Heikkila v. Barber · Nishimura Ekiu v. United States
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 395 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Exemptions from the . . . Administrative Procedure Act are not lightly to be presumed,' . . . and unless made by clear language or supersedure the expanded mode of review granted by that Act cannot be modified.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We do not suggest, of course, that an alien who has never presented himself at the borders of this country may avail himself of the declaratory judgment action by bringing the action from abroad.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[D]ue process has been held in cases similar in facts to the [immigration case] here involved to include a fair hearing as well as conformity to statutory grounds.”
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.