Cunningham v. U.S. Attorney General’s Empirical Analysis
335 F.3d 1262 · 2003
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Tasfa Wolde Wallace v. Janet Reno et al. · Patrick Oguejiofor v. Attorney General of the United States, Office of Immigration and Naturalization Service · Alanis-Bustamante v. Reno · Morales-Ramirez 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation, and who are returning to a lawful unrelinquished domicile of seven consecutive years, may be admitted in the discretion of the Attorney General .... Nothing contained in this subsection shall limit the authority of the Attorney General to exercise the discretion vested in him under section 1181(b) of this title. The first sentence of this subsection shall not apply to an alien who has been convicted of one or more aggravated felonies and has served for such felony or felonies a term of imprisonment of at least 5 years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The `general rule' is that the 1996 amendments do not apply to aliens who are in deportation proceedings prior to April 1, 1997.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adefemi v. Ashcroft
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.