Bellout v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
363 F.3d 975 · 2004
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1189 (§ 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Li Chen Zheng v. Ashcroft · Mudher Jassim Mohamed al-Saher v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Cheema v. Immigration Naturalization Service
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is reasonable ground to believe [that Hosseini] is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry in any terrorist activity”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hosseini v. Gonzales“he is a danger to the security of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hosseini v. Gonzales
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.