Randhawa v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Denko v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Assaad v. Ashcroft · Urena-Tavarez v. Ashcroft · CDI Information Services, Inc. v. Reno
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the sole purpose of obtaining United States residency.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Randhawa v. Gonzales
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.