Haitian Centers Council, Inc. v. McNary’s Empirical Analysis
969 F.2d 1350 · 1992
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Baker v. Carr · Allen v. McCurry · Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · United States v. Nixon
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Especially where pure questions of law are presented, courts and commentators both have recognized that the interests of finality and judicial economy may be outweighed by other substantive policies....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[n]o . . . State shall expel or return ('refouler') a refugee . . . to . . . territories where his life or freedom would be threatened . . .,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“`inequitable administration of the laws.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.