Plasencia v. Sureck’s Empirical Analysis
637 F.2d 1286 · 1980
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1361 (§ 291 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Infelice v. United States · Rosenberg v. Fleuti · Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · Martin-Mendoza v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Maldonado-Sandoval v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the purpose of leaving the country is to accomplish some object which is itself contrary to some policy reflected in our immigration laws, it would appear that the interruption of residence thereby occurring would properly be regarded as meaningful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Landon v. Plasencia“who at any time shall have, knowingly and for gain, encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted, or aided any other alien to enter or to try to enter the United States in violation of law,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Landon v. Plasencia“the issue in the case was simply whether, as a matter of law, the undisputed smuggling was or was not an 'entry' within the meaning of Flesh v. Rosenberg, 374 U.S. 449 (1963),”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. CONTRERAS
How this case has been treated — in progress
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