Ahmed v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
341 F.3d 214 · 2003
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably Li v. Attorney General of the United States (2005), Jarbough v. Attorney General of the United States (2007)
17 federal appellate ·
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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic · Fedaa al Najjar Mazen al Najjar v. John Ashcroft Attorney General US Department of Justice · Mohamed Abdille v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“arbitrary, capricious or manifestly contrary to the statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if the evidence compels a contrary conclusion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Malachy McAllister Mark J. McAllister Sarah B. McAllister Paul Gary McAllister Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States, Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States · Malachy McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister, Petitione“economic restrictions so severe that they constitute a threat to life or freedom.”
2 later decisions 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.