Lopez v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
366 F.3d 799 · 2004
Citation profile
37 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 175 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Najmabadi v. Holder (2010), Don v. Gonzales (2007)
37 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 6 U.S.C. § 542 · 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft · Navaratwam Kamalthas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Mario Ernesto Navas v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Efe v. Ashcroft
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 175 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“make an individualized determination as to the effect of country conditions,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the [IJ] does not have to write an exegesis on every contention. What is required is merely that it consider the issues raised, and announce its decision in terms sufficient to enable a reviewing court to perceive that it has heard and thought and not merely reacted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Don v. Gonzales“[i]nformation about general changes in the country is insufficient for the government to overcome the presumption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.