Jaen v. Sessions

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] blood relationship is not required to establish parentage for purposes of acquired citizenship [under Section 301] when the child is born into marriage.”
• “Citizenship of a person born abroad is determined by law in effect at the time of birth.” (quoting Hizam v. Kerry, 747 F.3d 102, 105 (2d Cir. 2014))
• “[T]he INA incorporates the common law meaning of ‘parent’ into [Section 301], such that a child born into a lawful marriage is the lawful child of those parents, regardless of the existence or nonexistence of any biological link.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Corley v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2021-08-25· cited 72×
• Khalid v. Sessions
  Second Circuit· 2018-09-13· cited 28×
• Chacoty v. Pompeo
  D.C. Circuit· 2019-07-17· cited 15×
• C.A. v. C.P.
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2018-11-13· cited 8×
• C.A. v. C.P.
  California Court of Appeal· 2018-11-13
• Chacoty v. Tillerson
  District of Columbia· 2019-07-17
• Sabra v. Pompeo
  District of Columbia· 2020-04-02
• United States v. Sullivan, Bilda, Rankin
  Second Circuit· 2024-09-06

Cites

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

• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
  Supreme Court· 1987-03-09· cited 4,149×
• Russello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-11-01· cited 2,703×
• Yueqing Zhang v. Alberto Gonzales, United States Attorney General
  Second Circuit· 2005-10-13· cited 2,667×
• Christensen v. Harris County
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-01· cited 2,025×
• Custis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-23· cited 1,278×
• John C. Norton v. Sam's Club, Wal-Mart Corp., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-05-29· cited 1,181×
• Michael H. v. Gerald D.
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 719×
• Miller v. Albright
  Supreme Court· 1998-04-22· cited 239×
• Sessions v. Morales-Santana
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-12· cited 211×
• Sekhar v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-26· cited 178×
• Lora v. Shanahan
  Second Circuit· 2015-10-28· cited 113×
• Garcia v. Usice (Dept. Of Homeland Security)
  Second Circuit· 2011-12-29· cited 79×
• Stanley Russell Scales, Jr. v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-11-21· cited 77×
• Nwozuzu v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2013-08-12· cited 66×
• Thadeus Drozd, A/K/A Adam Passoni v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Second Circuit· 1998-08-24· cited 65×
• Cruz-Miguel v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2011-04-27· cited 54×
• Reyes v. Lincoln Automotive Financial Services
  Second Circuit· 2017-06-22· cited 39×
• Duarte-Ceri v. Holder
  Second Circuit· 2010-12-06· cited 32×
• Hizam v. Kerry
  Second Circuit· 2014-03-12· cited 26×