Acosta v. Gaffney

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• rejecting claim of citizen child, as a named plaintiff, without discussing the procedural nuance
• finding no constitutional violation because citizen child’s “return to Columbia [sic] with her parents ... will merely postpone, but not bar, her residence in the United States if she should ultimately choose to live here.”
• citizen infant’s right to reside wherever she wishes is not violated by parents’ deportation, because infant is incapable of exercising right to choose her residence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pareja v. Attorney General of the United States
  Third Circuit· 2010-07-29· cited 181×
• Abourezk v. Reagan
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-03-11· cited 175×
• Odiri Nkofi Bagot v. John Ashcroft James Ziglar Kenneth Elwood
  Third Circuit· 2005-02-11· cited 140×
• Mark David Johns, Cross v. Department of Justice of the United States, Angela MacIas Intervenor-Appellee, Cross
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-02· cited 64×
• Michele Chiaramonte v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 1980-06-23· cited 55×
• Reyes Garcia, Aurora Garcia, Epifanio Garcia and Eloy Garcia v. Hal W. Boldin
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-22· cited 48×
• Hamdi Ex Rel. Hamdi v. Napolitano
  Sixth Circuit· 2010-09-07· cited 39×
• Bergstrom v. Bergstrom
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1980-09-02· cited 38×
• Marriage of Tischendorf v. Tischendorf
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-07-09· cited 37×
• United States v. Bennett
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1982-04-19· cited 29×
• Alejandro Ravancho and Zenaida Ravancho v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Third Circuit· 1981-08-26· cited 27×
• Alfred Kwamena Newton and Florita S. Newton v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-06-07· cited 24×
• Dabone v. Thornburgh
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1990-03-19· cited 22×
• Harald Schleiffer, a Minor by Next Friend Ann Ker v. Edward J. Meyers, as Judge of the Whitley Circuit Court of Whitley County, Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-03-18· cited 17×
• Ali Akabar Dastmalchi v. Immigration And Naturalization Service
  Third Circuit· 1981-11-13· cited 17×
• Ramon Ayala-Flores and Ofelia Ayala v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-10-23· cited 17×
• Gallanosa v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-02-27· cited 17×
• Yolanda Martinez De Mendoza and Yolanda Carmen Mendoza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Third Circuit· 1977-12-01· cited 16×
• Flores-Nova v. Attorney General of the United States.
  Third Circuit· 2011-07-25· cited 15×
• Abourezk v. Reagan
  District of Columbia· 1984-07-27· cited 14×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1936-05-18· cited 4,144×
• Califano v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-23· cited 3,951×
• Kent v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-06-16· cited 642×
• Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 336×
• Schneider v. Rusk
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-18· cited 271×
• United States Ex Rel. Hintopoulos v. Shaughnessy
  Supreme Court· 1957-03-25· cited 158×
• Philip B. Lindy T/a Fountain View Apts., a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership v. James Lynn, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  Third Circuit· 1974-10-07· cited 107×
• Broniman v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Supreme Court· 1966-04-18· cited 69×
• Local 542, International Union of Operating Engineers, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board
  Third Circuit· 1964-03-13· cited 68×
• John William Smith v. Dominick Spina, Individually and as Director of the Police Department of the City of Newark, N. J.
  Third Circuit· 1973-04-24· cited 63×
• Manuel Mendez and Teresa Lastra De Mendez v. H. I. Major, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Eighth Circuit· 1965-01-20· cited 58×
• Dominador S. Perdido and Melva Pating Liguigan Perdido v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-12-23· cited 58×
• American Power & Light Co. v. SEC
  Supreme Court· 1945-06-04· cited 37×
• Cecelia Pelaez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-05-22· cited 25×
• Lenin Enciso-Cardozo, Edwin Michael Enciso, Minor v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 1974-10-29· cited 21×
• Ramon Cervantes v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice and William Saxbe, Attorney General, United States of America
  Tenth Circuit· 1975-01-21· cited 21×
• Gonzalez-Cuevas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-07-18· cited 16×
• Gus Polites v. Walter Sahli, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization at Detroit, Michigan
  Sixth Circuit· 1962-05-07· cited 13×
• Acosta v. Gaffney
  D. New Jersey· 1976-05-12· cited 9×
• Yeung Ying Cheung v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Third Circuit· 1970-02-17· cited 9×

Other cases named Acosta v. Gaffney

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Acosta v. Gaffney
  D. New Jersey· 1976-05-12· cited 9×
• Acosta v. Gaffney
  Third Circuit· 1977-07-06· cited 4×