Velez v. Coler’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1320B (§ 1137 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 7 U.S.C. § 2015 · 8 U.S.C. § 1160 (§ 210 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on King v. Smith · United States v. Cartwright · Townsend v. Swank · California v. Southland Royalty Co. · Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. v. Nelson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Velez v. Coler“alien[s] lawfully admitted for permanent residence as ... immigrant[s] as defined by sections 1101(a)(15) and 1101(a)(20) of Title 8....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Velez v. Coler“) under section 210(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Velez v. Coler
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.