Etape v. Chertoff’s Empirical Analysis
497 F.3d 379 · 2007
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Aronov v. Napolitano (2009), Ajlani v. Chertoff (2008)
13 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1421 (§ 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1442 (§ 331 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1445 (§ 334 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1446 (§ 335 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1447 (§ 336 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Benton v. Maryland · Duncan v. Walker · Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If there is a failure to make a determination under section 1446 of this title before the end of the 120-day period after the date on which the examination is conducted under such section, the applicant may apply to the United States district court for the district in which the applicant resides for a hearing on the matter. Such court has jurisdiction over the matter and may either determine the matter or remand the matter, with appropriate instructions, to the Service to determine the matter.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If there is a failure to make a determination under section 1447 [on an application for naturalization] before the end of the 120-day period after the date on which the examination is conducted under such section, the applicant may apply to the United States district court for the district in which the applicant resides for a hearing on the matter. Such court has jurisdiction over the matter and may either determine the matter or remand the matter, with appropriate instructions, to the Service to determine the matter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.