Salvador Lemus-Rodriguez v. John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a 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 · Alvarez-Santos v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Kaczmarczyk v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Carlos Huicochea-Gomez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · United States v. Shannon
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(C).... any other device which the Attorney General finds is not likely to be used as a weapon, is an antique, or is a rifle which the owner intends to use solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alvarado v. Gonzales“any final order of removal against an alien who is removable by reason of having committed a criminal offense covered in”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dave v. Ashcroft“using ... any weapon ... which is a firearm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dave v. Ashcroft
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.