Ahmed v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
624 F.3d 150 · 2010
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 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))
Relies on Norton v. Sam's Club · Chen v. United States Department of Justice R · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Miranda · Ivanishvili v. United States Department of Justice · United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 919 v. Centermark Properties Meriden Square, Inc.
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.
“The doctrine of equitable estoppel is not available against the government except in the most serious of circumstances . . . and is applied with the utmost caution and restraint.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schwebel v. Crandall“unintentional injustice[ ] . . . visited upon [a] naive albeit honest alien,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schwebel v. Crandall“courts of limited jurisdiction whose power is limited strictly,”
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.