Subhan v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
383 F.3d 591 · 2004
Citation profile
60 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Fernandez v. Gonzales (2006), Ahmed v. Gonzales (2006)
60 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
Relies on Jesus Torres-Aguilar v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Hector Montero-Martinez v. John Ashcroft Attorney General of the United States · Castellano-Chacon v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Baires v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Gonzalez-Oropeza v. U.S. Attorney General
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“even that an illegal alien should not be allowed to delay his removal beyond a year.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that the immigration judge, seconded by the Board of Immigration Appeals . . . violated [8 U.S.C. §] 1255(i) when he denied Subhan a continuance without giving a reason consistent with the statute (indeed without giving any reason).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`be able to eventually acquire lawful permanent resident status by virtue of employment,' not having done so as yet he was `not eligible for this form of relief at this time.'”
2 later decisions 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.