ISLAM’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “"on March 22, 2008, he used or attempted to use two different credit and debit cards belonging to another individual on five separate occasions to purchase goods." According to the Immigration Judge, the respondent "drove to four different locations and made five purchases over the span of a few hours." The locations where the cards were used were in two adjoining counties and involved different retail outlets, including Auto Zone and Walmart. During one transaction involving a stolen credit card, the respondent told the cashier that the card belonged to his girlfriend.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Szonyi v. Whitaker

2. “[a]fter use of any one credit card, the respondent had the opportunity to disassociate himself from his enterprise and reflect on what he had done.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Szonyi v. Whitaker

3. “the respondent's crimes, while occurring in a single day, did not arise from a 'single scheme' of criminal misconduct,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Szonyi v. Whitaker