Carlson et al. v. Landon, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service

Decided March 10, 1952. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 35 · 342 U.S. 524 (1952) · Cited 717 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Mahler v. Eby · 264 U.S. 32 (1924)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Stack v. Boyle · 342 U.S. 1 (1951)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Ng Fung Ho v. White · 259 U.S. 276 (1922)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• American Communications Assn. v. Douds · 339 U.S. 382 (1950)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Fong Yue Ting v. United States · 149 U.S. 698 (1893)
• The Japanese Immigrant Case · 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
• Nishimura Ekiu v. United States · 142 U.S. 651 (1892)
• Zakonaite v. Wolf · 226 U.S. 272 (1912)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
• Jordan v. De George · 341 U.S. 223 (1951)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• Bowles v. Willingham · 321 U.S. 503 (1944)
• Schneiderman v. United States · 320 U.S. 118 (1943)
• United States v. Grimaud · 220 U.S. 506 (1911)
• Wong Yang Sung v. McGrath · 339 U.S. 33 (1950)
• McNally v. Hill · 293 U.S. 131 (1934)
• United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy · 338 U.S. 537 (1950)
• Wong Wing v. United States · 163 U.S. 228 (1896)
• United States Ex Rel. Bilokumsky v. Tod · 263 U.S. 149 (1923)
• Taylor v. Taintor · 83 U.S. 366 (1873)
• Fahey v. Mallonee · 332 U.S. 245 (1947)
• United States Ex Rel. Vajtauer v. Commissioner of Immigration · 273 U.S. 103 (1927)
• Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan · 333 U.S. 6 (1948)
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Taylor · 210 U.S. 281 (1908)
• Feiner v. New York · 340 U.S. 315 (1951)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc. · 502 U.S. 183 (1991)
• United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
• United States v. Witkovich · 353 U.S. 194 (1957)
• Abel v. United States · 362 U.S. 217 (1960)
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc. · 492 U.S. 257 (1989)
• Nielsen v. Preap · 586 U.S. 392 (2019)
• Shaughnessy v. United States Ex Rel. Mezei · 345 U.S. 206 (1953)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Jay v. Boyd · 351 U.S. 345 (1956)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• Greene v. McElroy · 360 U.S. 474 (1959)
• Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · 344 U.S. 590 (1953)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza · 468 U.S. 1032 (1984)
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach · 383 U.S. 301 (1966)
• Stein v. New York · 346 U.S. 156 (1953)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• United States v. Robel · 389 U.S. 258 (1967)
• Galvan v. Press · 347 U.S. 522 (1954)
• Bridges v. United States · 346 U.S. 209 (1953)

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