Da Graca v. Garland’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Taylor v. United States · Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez · Moncrieffe v. Holder · Guzman v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Mellouli v. Lynch
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a realistic probability, not a theoretical possibility, that the [s]tate would apply its statute to conduct that falls outside”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“interpreted the existence of a separate California joyriding statute to cabin the breadth of the California unauthorized use - 78 - [of a motor vehicle] statute”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Silva v. Garland“[W]here a state statute is 'plainly' overbroad, a petitioner need not produce an actual case to satisfy the realistic probability test.”
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.