Beharry v. Reno’s Empirical Analysis

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16 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “No waiver shall be granted under this subsection in the case of an alien who has previously been admitted to the United States as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if ... since the date of such admission the alien has been convicted of an aggravated felony.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 306 F. Supp. 2d 185 - Bankhole v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Guaylupo-Moya v. Gonzales

2. “Where a statute appears to contradict international law, an appropriate remedy is to construe the statute so as to resolve the contradiction. Customary international law is legally enforceable unless superceded by a clear statement from Congress. Such a statement must be unequivocal. Mere silence is insufficient to meet this standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guaylupo-Moya v. Gonzales

3. “remedy of limiting IIRIRA's applicability to prior criminal conduct: 38 It would be a violation of international law to categorically deny to all [aliens otherwise eligible under section 212(h)] who have been denominated after their crime was committed as”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Guaylupo-Moya v. Gonzales