Lagandaon v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

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

1. “`intended to issue an interpretation' of a statute it enforces.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Betansos v. Barr · Miranda Alvarado v. Gonzales

2. “review purely legal questions concerning the meaning of the immigration laws de novo.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Altamirano v. Gonzales · Kepilino v. Gonzales

3. “With very limited exceptions, however, common law legal systems have long reckoned periods of legal significance by the calendar, not by the clock. See Mason v. Bd. of Educ., 375 Md. 504 , 826 A.2d 433, 435 (Md.2003) (“[A] day is usually considered by the law to encompass a single, indivisible moment in time.”); State v. Stanley, 67 S.W.3d 1, 3 (Tenn.Crim.App.2001) (“The general rule for computation of time is that the law knows no fractions of a day.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)); 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws Of England 141 (1769) (“In the space of a day all the twenty four hours are usually reckoned; the law" generally rejecting all fractions of a day, in order to avoid disputes.”).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Cole