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738 F.3d 39 · 2013

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
June 2025
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from New York Southern District Court)

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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. § 1409 (§ 309 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1431 (§ 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1432 (§ 321 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1433 (§ 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1482

Relies on Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Craig v. Boren · Richards v. United States · Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · Kleindienst v. Mandel

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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “rights of an alien parent who may not wish his child to become a U.S. citizen.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “be capable of achieving its ultimate objective in every instance”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “paternity [was] established by legitimation.”
    2 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.