Ali v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[Section] 1252(f)(1) limits the district court’s authority to enjoin the INS from carrying out legitimate removal orders. Where, however, a petitioner seeks to enjoin conduct that allegedly is not even authorized by the statute, the court is not enjoining the operation of part IV of subchapter II, and § 1252(f)(1) therefore is not implicated.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Rodriguez v. Hayes · Rodriguez v. Hayes

2. “Petitioners are not merely in the custody of the INS District Director but are subject to a removal order that is based on the Attorney General's interpretation of the statute. Thus, the Attorney General, whose unique role as the ultimate decision-maker is particularly evident here, is the proper respondent.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Al-Marri v. Rumsfeld · Ali v. Gonzales

3. “(i) The country from which the alien was admitted to the United States. (ii) The country in which is located the foreign port from which the alien entered the country from which the alien entered the United States. (iii) A country in which the alien resided before the alien entered the country from which the alien entered the United States. (iv) The country in which the alien was born. (v) The country that had sovereignty over the alien’s birthplace when the alien was born. (vi) The country in which the alien’s birthplace is located when the alien is ordered removed. (vii) If impracticable, inadvisable, or impossible to remove the alien to each country described in a previous clause of this subparagraph, another country whose government will accept the alien into that country.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Himri v. Ashcroft