Anderson v. McElroy’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 803 · 1992
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Ke Zhen Zhao v. United States Department of Justice (2001), Wei Guang Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals (2006)
46 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Wong Wing Hang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Mattis v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service · Bertrand v. Sava · Vargas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e cannot assume that the BIA considered factors that it failed to mention in its decision.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]hile Anderson's appeal to the BIA was pending ... he achieved seven continuous years as a lawful permanent resident and became eligible for § 212(c) relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“fail[ing] to issue a reasoned opinion when it purportedly did consider the entire record”
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.