Statute treatment: 8 U.S.C. § 1446

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 332 citation events across 190 distinct cases.

332citations total

190distinct interpreting cases

62distinct courts

53citations in last 5y

1953–2025year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Etape v. Chertoff (2007) ca4 68 own cites 8× in case

#2 Aronov v. Chertoff (2008) ca1 13 own cites 14× in case

#3 Aronov v. Napolitano (2009) ca1 73 own cites 3× in case

#4 Sawan v. Chertoff (2008) txsd 15 own cites 7× in case

#5 Jaime Agustin Agcaoili v. Ernest E. Gustafson (1988) ca9 6 own cites 14× in case

#6 Danilov v. Aguirre (2005) vaed 36 own cites 4× in case

#7 Al-Maleki v. Holder (2009) ca10 25 own cites 4× in case

#8 Manzoor v. Chertoff (2007) vaed 23 own cites 4× in case

#9 United States v. Minker (1956) scotus 85 own cites 2× in case

#10 Ajlani v. Chertoff (2008) ca2 80 own cites 2× in case

#11 Hamandi v. Chertoff (2008) dcd 27 own cites 3× in case

#12 Escaler v. US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVS. (2009) ca2 39 own cites 2× in case

#13 Nio v. United States Department of Homeland Security (2017) dcd 18 own cites 3× in case

#14 Assem Abulkhair v. George Bush (2011) ca3 35 own cites 2× in case

#15 Seanlim Yith v. Kirstjen Nielsen (2018) ca9 27 own cites 2× in case

#16 Martinez v. Gonzales (2006) vaed 9 own cites 4× in case

#17 Maria G. Ramos Jessica Ramos v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (2001) ca9 89 own cites 1× in case

#18 Perriello v. Napolitano (2009) ca2 23 own cites 2× in case

#19 Giovanni Dicicco v. U.S. Department of Justice Immigration & Naturalization Service (1989) ca6 20 own cites 2× in case

#20 Perry v. Gonzales (2007) njd 20 own cites 2× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.