El-Werfalli v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently July 2009
7 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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))
Relies on Kleindienst v. Mandel · State ex rel. Healy v. Smither
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Aliens who the consular officer or the Attorney General knows or has reason to believe seek to enter the United States solely, principally, or incidentally to engage in activities which would be prejudicial to the public interest, or endanger the welfare, safety or security of the United States; ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'If the Court finds that the Government acted on a facially legitimate and bona fide reason, its inquiry is complete.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Azzouka v. Sava · Azzouka v. Meese“organizations and aliens who are involved in espionage, respectively. Section 235(c) also provides that if the Regional Commissioner is satisfied that the alien is excludable under any of these paragraphs on the basis of confidential information the disclosure of which would be prejudicial to the public interest, safety, or security,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Azzouka v. Sava
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.