Hamdan v. Rumsfeld’s Empirical Analysis
415 F.3d 33 · 2005
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 6 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 821 · 10 U.S.C. § 828 · 10 U.S.C. § 836 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bell v. Hood · Abney v. United States · Schlesinger v. Councilman · Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The President found that Hamdan was not a prisoner of war under the Convention. Nothing in [Army Regulation 190-8], and nothing [petitioner] argues, suggests that the President is not a 'competent authority' for these purposes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“international agreements, even those directly benefitting private persons, generally do not create private rights or provide for a private cause of action in domestic courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“implements international law, both customary and codified, relating to,”
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.