Cheema v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
383 F.3d 848 · 2004
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 22 U.S.C. § 5011 · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (§ 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Ghaly v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Gonzalez-Hernandez v. Ashcroft · Lopez-Galarza 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he statute imposes a two-part analysis: (1) whether an alien engaged in a terrorist activity and (2) whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that the alien is a danger to the security of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Malachy McAllister Mark J. McAllister Sarah B. McAllister Paul Gary McAllister Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States, Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States · Malachy McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister, Petitione“there are reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a danger to the security of the United States,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Malachy McAllister Mark J. McAllister Sarah B. McAllister Paul Gary McAllister Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States, Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States · Malachy McAllister v. Attorney General of the United States Nicola McAllister Sean R. McAllister, Petitione“shall be considered to be an alien for whom there are reasonable grounds for regarding as a danger to the security of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hosseini v. Gonzales
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.