Liu v. Novak’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently July 2024
10 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 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 5 U.S.C. § 555 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 704 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Califano v. Sanders
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Section [1252](a)(2)(B)(ii) ] only applies to jurisdiction to review a ‘decision or action’ of the Department of Homeland Security. In this case, plaintiff is challenging the absence of a decision or action.... Review over the lack of action is not barred.”). Indeed, the Court recognized that it lacked jurisdiction to review an adjustment decision by the USCIS because”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory) ... no court shall have jurisdiction to review (ii) any other decision or action of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security the authority for which is specified under this sub-chapter to be in the discretion of the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, other than the granting of relief under 1158(a)[ 5 ] of this title.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the provision only applies to the 'narrower category of decisions where Congress has taken the additional step to specify that the sole authority for the action is in the [Secretary]'s discretion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mohammed v. Sessions
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.