Patel v. Reno’s Empirical Analysis
134 F.3d 929 · 1997
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Kildare, Fosler v. Panoramic Design, Ltd. (2003)
13 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Kleindienst v. Mandel · Li Hing of Hong Kong, Inc. v. Levin · Ventura-Escamilla v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Azurin v. Von Raab
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy and is available to compel a federal official to perform a duty only if: (1) the individual's claim is clear and certain; (2) the official's duty is nondiscretionary, ministerial, and so plainly prescribed as to be free from doubt, and (3) no other adequate remedy is available.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen the suit challenges the authority of the consul to take or fail to take an action as opposed to a decision taken within the consul's discretion, jurisdiction exists.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when the government did not act `on the basis of a facially legitimate and bona fide reason.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.