Nunes v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.3d 815 · 2003
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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 Taylor v. United States · Allen v. McCurry · Montana v. United States · Max Lopez Jr v. Ga Smith Larry Loo a Acevedo Patterson 4a-2r · School District No. 1J, Multnomah County v. ACandS, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Futility alone can justify the denial of a motion to amend.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson
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.