Gousse v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
339 F.3d 91 · 2003
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2020 · most notably Nijhawan v. Holder (2009), Abimbola v. Ashcroft (2004)
14 federal appellate · 3 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 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 802 (§ 102 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 812 (§ 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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 North Carolina v. Alford · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Yang v. Immigration and Naturalization Service Terrazas-Garcia · United States v. Finley · Jean Patrick Michel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All that is required for removal is that an earlier conviction be encompassed by the definition of 'aggravated felony' at the time removal proceedings are initiated.”); Flores-Leon v. I.N.S., 272 F.3d 433, 439 (7th Cir.2001) (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Galicia v. Crawford“Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any effective date), the term [`aggravated felony'] applies regardless of whether the conviction was entered before, on, or after [September 30, 1996].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“look only at the schedules of substances proscribed under federal law at the time of the offense conduct .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doe v. Sessions
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.