Muhur v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 federal appellate ·

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “knowledge of ... esoteric nooks and crannies of immigration law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nat'l Venture Capital Ass'n v. Nielson · Thangaraja v. Gonzales

2. “back to the immigration service for further proceedings,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 294 F. Supp. 3d 123 - Caplash v. Nielsen · Johnson v. Gonzales

3. “The Court has carefully reviewed the record, including its own Order. While the Court did order remand, it did not make any finding in the Order that the position of the United States was not substantially justified. In fact, a review of that Order confirms Defendant’s assertion that the Court rejected several of the Plaintiffs claims of error. Even as to the point argued successfully by Plaintiff, the Court did not and does not now feel that the position taken by the Defendant Commission of Social Security was not substantially justified, especially when the entirety of Defendant’s position is considered. Accordingly, despite the reasonableness of the fees and the fact that Plaintiff was the prevailing party, Plaintiff is not entitled to fees and expenses under the Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stewart v. Astrue