Landon v. Plasencia’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
562 federal appellate · 181 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,521 later decisions (21 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Jean v. Nelson (1985), Clark Field Office Director Seattle Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al. v. Martinez (2005)
562 federal appellate · 181 district · 19 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
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1225 (§ 235 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. § 1253 (§ 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Morrissey v. Brewer · Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. · Wolff v. McDonnell · Goldberg v. Kelly
Cited together with Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei · Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · Mathews v. Diaz · Mathews v. Eldridge · United States Knauff v. Shaughnessy
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 1,521 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n alien seeking initial admission to the United States requests a privilege and has no constitutional rights regarding his application, for the power to admit or exclude aliens is a sovereign prerogative.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“once an alien gains admission to our country and begins to develop the ties that go with permanent residence, his constitutional status changes accordingly.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the essential standard of fairness under the Due Process Clause.”
12 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.