Nunes v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
375 F.3d 805 · 2003
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 18 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2025 · most notably Ahmed v. Ashcroft (2004), Singh v. Gonzales (2007)
10 federal appellate · 18 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 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 · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Max Lopez Jr v. Ga Smith Larry Loo a Acevedo Patterson 4a-2r · School District No. 1J, Multnomah County v. ACandS, Inc. · Katuria E. Smith v. Tyson Marsh
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]utility of amendment can, by itself, justify the denial of a motion for leave to amend.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) bad faith; (2) undue delay; (3) prejudice to the opposing party; (4) futility of amendment; and (5) whether the plaintiff has previously amended his complaint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[L]eave to amend should be granted unless the district court 'determines that the pleading could not possibly be cured by the allegation of other facts.'”
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.