Fong Yang Lo v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
341 F.3d 934 · 2003
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently June 2025 · most notably Twum v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (2005), Lara-Torres v. Ashcroft (2004)
25 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
Relies on Shobna Chandar Lata v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Iturribarria v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · LOZADA · Rodriguez-Lariz v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Melkonian v. Ashcroft
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) submit an affidavit setting forth in detail the agreement entered into with counsel regarding the alien’s representation; (2) present evidence that counsel was informed of the allegations of ineffective assistance and given an opportunity to respond; and (3) either show that a complaint against counsel was filed with the proper disciplinary authorities or explain why no such complaint was filed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the alien’s spouse, parent, or child, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“that he `had nothing to worry about since the hearing was not until [the following] Monday.'”
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.