[RegulatorCountry]

Ankeny was dismissed for failing to state a claim, and that decision was upheld upon appeal in a state supreme court. That is the only legal conclusion reached in the matter of Ankeny v. Governor of Indiana.

Wong Kim Ark was determined to be a citizen on the basis of the 14th Amendment. That was the question before the court and no other.

You're speculating upon unwritten meanings and attributing motives that did not exist. You avoid applying the rigor due to legal terms and legal decisions, in order to reach a predetermined conclusion.

[parsifal]

Dismissed cases and cases which are settled by summary judgment are just as much law as cases which go to hearing and then go up. The reasons for granting dismissal or reversing are the point.

For heavens sake, go to a law library and start reading the cases where summary judgment was upheld or reversed and sent back down. All kinds of law there. Go here and read the first page where it says “Opinion - For Publication”

http://www.in.gov/judiciary/opinions/pdf/11120903.ebb.pdf

That means this is going to be printed and published as precedental law. People can cite Ankeny now, since the court published it. Some cases, are NOT published. Those usually can not be cited.

parsy