CASTRO-LOPEZ’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Auer v. Robbins · Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Louie King Fong v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Patsis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Cuadra v. Gonzales
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]e find [the language] to be ambiguous. It does not address the situation where there is more than one act or event that renders an alien removable, as is the case with the respondent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“for purposes of special rule cancellation of removal under the NACARA, ... continuous physical presence should be measured from the alien's most recently incurred ground of removal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“commission of an act, or ... assumption of a status, constituting a ground for removal.”
1 later decision 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.