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375 F.3d 105 · 2004

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
May 2019
most recently cited

11 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186 · 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Saideh Fisher v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Dallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Henry v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Yongo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

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

  1. “the INS may not use an affidavit from an absent witness `unless the INS first establishes that, despite reasonable efforts, it was unable to secure the presence of the witness at the hearing.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “fundamental fairness of the IJ’s reliance on [the] affidavit.”
    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.