Gill v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
335 F.3d 574 · 2003
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3607 · 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 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)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · United States v. Mead Corp. · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“means, with respect to an alien, a formal judgment of guilt of the alien entered by a court or, if adjudication of guilt has been withheld, where (i) a judge or jury has found the alien guilty or the alien has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has admitted sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilt, and (ii) the judge has ordered some form of punishment, penalty, or restraint on the alien's liberty to be imposed. This court was faced with a plea of guilty and probationary disposition under 720 ILCS 570/410 in Gill v. Ashcroft, 335 F.3d 574 (7th Cir.2003), and concluded the”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]very court that has considered the subject believes that § 1101(a)(48)(A) governs the handling of repeat offenders and that expungements (or restorations of civil rights) under state law do not negate a `conviction' for purposes of immigration law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... even if a disposition under § 3607 [of the FFOA] counts as a conviction in immigration law, it would not be a conviction for other purposes ... Thus, § 1101(a)(48)(A) and § 3607(b) may coexist, though the former reduces the domain of the latter.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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