Tapia v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
351 F.3d 795 · 2003
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252B (§ 242b of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Rosenberg v. Fleuti · Albathani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Georgis v. Ashcroft · Dandan v. Ashcroft · GRIJALVA
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Tapia conceded before the IJ, and acknowledge[d] in his brief, that the signature could be either his sister's or his cousin's, and while the government offered no further proof that it was his sister's signature, Tapia did not call her to testify that it was not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Chaidez v. Gonzales“[t]here is no requirement that the return receipt be signed by the alien or a responsible person at his address to effect service”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adeyemo v. Ashcroft“signed by the respondent or a responsible person at the respondent's address.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adeyemo 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.