De Canas v. Bica’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Hines v. Davidowitz · Nishimura Ekiu v. United States · Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board · 71 Cal. 2d 566 - Purdy & Fitzpatrick v. State of California
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(n)o employer shall knowingly employ an alien who is not entitled to lawful residence in the United States if such employment would have an adverse effect on lawful resident workers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“specifically and intentionally declined to add sanctions on employers to its control mechanism.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in the area of immigration and naturalization, congressional power is exclusive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.