Patel v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.3d 693 · 2004
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · VELARDE · Agyeman v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Regalado-Garcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Shaar 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“do not defer to legal interpretations that are arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statutory law.”
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.