United States v. Jimenez-Alcala’s Empirical Analysis
353 F.3d 858 · 2003
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (§ 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Miller v. Albright · Hibbs v. Winn · Perdomo-Padilla v. Ashcroft · United States v. Morin · United States v. Fredette
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The only persons currently holding [national] status are residents of American Samoa and Swains Island.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Traditionally, the term “national of the United States,” when applied to non-citizens, referred to persons born in territories of the United States, a category that has almost become obsolete.... “Nationality and citizenship are not entirely synonymous; one can be a national of the United States and yet not a citizen. The distinction has little practical impact today, however, for the only remaining noncitizen nationals are residents of American Samoa and Swains Island.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“alien means any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States”
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.