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← 8 I&NDEC 325 - DEG

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1959

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
July 1979
most recently cited

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

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.

  1. “such discretion and authority as is appropriate and necessary for the disposition of the case”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. MANNEH
  2. “appropriate and necessary for the disposition of such cases,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. MANNEH

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.