VELARDE’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
46 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 211 later decisions — most recently April 2025 · most notably Malhi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (2003), Malty v. Ashcroft (2004)
46 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1151 (§ 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1154 (§ 204 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Boddie v. Connecticut · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · Neal v. United States · Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
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 211 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the motion is timely filed; (2) the motion is not numerically barred by the regulations; (3) the motion is not barred by Matter of Shaar, 21 I. & N. Dec. 541 (BIA 1996), or on any other procedural grounds; (4) the motion presents clear and convincing evidence indicating a strong likelihood that the [applicant’s] marriage is bona fide; and (5) [DHS] either does not oppose the motion or bases its opposition solely on Matter of Arthur, [ 20 I. & N. Dec. 475 (BIA 1992) ].”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“A prima facie showing of eligibility merely affords respondents who present sufficient evidence a single opportunity to have their adjustment applications adjudicated. Such an opportunity is consistent with Congress’ legislative intent in amending the marriage fraud provisions: that aliens who marry after proceedings have been initiated, and who seek adjustment of status, should be afforded one opportunity to present clear and convincing evidence that their marriage is bona fide.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[e]very application necessarily requires examination of the relevant factors and a determination of the weight such factors should be accorded in the exercise of discretion....”). See also 71 Fed.Reg. at 27589 (comments published with”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.