Statute treatment: 8 U.S.C.A. § 1182

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 580 citation events across 323 distinct cases.

580citations total

323distinct interpreting cases

63distinct courts

8citations in last 5y

1952–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Thomas Glenn Jolley v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1971) ca5 42 own cites 13× in case

#2 Li Fang Lin v. Mukasey (2008) ca4 163 own cites 4× in case

#3 Licea-Gomez v. Pilliod (1960) ilnd 16 own cites 10× in case

#4 Leslie Ward v. Eric Holder, Jr. (2013) ca6 20 own cites 8× in case

#5 People v. Superior Court (Zamudio) (2000) cal 317 own cites 2× in case

#6 Jurado-Gutierrez v. Greene (1999) ca10 99 own cites 8× in case

#7 People v. American Surety Insurance (2000) calctapp 18 own cites 7× in case

#8 Communist Party of the United States of America v. Subversive Activities Control Board (1955) cadc 44 own cites 4× in case

#9 Juan Alberto Blanco Garcia v. State of Tennessee (2013) tenn 67 own cites 3× in case

#10 Hans E. Langhammer v. James A. Hamilton, District Director Immigration and Naturalization Service (1961) ca1 24 own cites 5× in case

#11 George Simeon Cabasug, Also Known as Simeon Salum Cabasug, Jr. v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1988) ca9 62 own cites 3× in case

#12 Paula Arguello De Vargas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1969) ca5 14 own cites 7× in case

#13 Charles Babouris v. P. A. Esperdy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization for the District of New York (1959) ca2 16 own cites 6× in case

#14 Joel Blackwood v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1986) ca11 50 own cites 3× in case

#15 United States ex rel Paktorovics v. Murff (1958) ca2 27 own cites 11× in case

#16 Klapholz v. Esperdy (1961) nysd 16 own cites 5× in case

#17 Rene Adan Contreras-Aragon v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1988) ca9 79 own cites 2× in case

#18 cluster 763744 (1999) ca11 70 own cites 2× in case

#19 Stavros Katsis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1993) ca3 69 own cites 2× in case

#20 Pedro Solis-Davila v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1972) ca5 18 own cites 4× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.