Aguayo v. Christopher’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 8 U.S.C. § 1401 (§ 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1421 (§ 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1503 (§ 360 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Warth v. Seldin · Singleton v. Wulff
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One of the oldest principles of constitutional law holds that the judiciary's powers are qualitatively different when a controversy requires a judge to interpret and give effect to the Constitution. Courts do not allow `statutory limitations' to block the enforcement of the Constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Nvr Lp
How this case has been treated — in progress
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