Villegas v. Silverman’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. Twin Eagle LLC · Indiana Department of Environmental Management v. Amax, Inc. · Embry v. O'BANNON · Blinzinger v. Americana Healthcare Corp. · Alexander v. PSB Lending Corp.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“8. Illegal aliens, such as plaintiffs, are not a suspect class implicating constitutional scrutiny under the complementary equal protection clause of the United States Constitution and privileges and immunities clause of the Indiana Constitution. Illegal, or undocumented, aliens do not have the immutable characteristic of a truly suspect class because their status is the product of conscious, indeed, unlawful action. 9. The plaintiffs cannot demonstrate any injury recognized by the above said Constitutional provisions based on their illegal status in this country. 10. Where there is no recognized injury, there is no standing....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(I) publishing notice of intent to adopt rule (Ind.Code § 4-22-2-23); (2) publishing notice of hearing (Ind.Code § 4-22-2-24); (3) conducting public hearing and allowing comments (Ind.Code § 4-22-2-26); (4) formally adopting the rule (Ind.Code § 4-22-2-29); (5) obtaining approval from the Attorney General (Ind.Code §§ 4-22-2-31, - 32); (6) obtaining approval from the Governor (Ind.Code §§ 4-22-2-33, -34); and (7) submitting the rule to the Secretary of State for filing (Ind.Code § 4-22-2-35).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]ll current and future persons in Indiana who are, or who will be, required by defendant to produce information concerning their citizenship or immigration status in order to obtain an Indiana driver’s license or permit or a state identification card, but who are, or will be, unable to produce the identification mandated by the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle’s non-promulgated identification requirements.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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