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741 F. Supp. 2d 19 - Ali v. Obama’s Empirical Analysis

2011

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
May 2020
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Rasul et al. v. Bush President of the United States et al. · Boumediene v. Bush · Boumediene v. Bush · Al-Bihani v. Obama · Barhoumi v. Obama

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

  1. “[A]n individual who was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. This includes any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “materials), formulated the procedural processes that would guide the hearings in Court, and set forth the definition of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “entitled to the privilege of habeas corpus to challenge the legality of their detention”
    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.