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424 F.3d 45 · 2005

Citation profile

22
cited by 22 later decisions
January 2017
most recently cited

10 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Ravindran v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Gailius v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Settenda v. Ashcroft · Mediouni 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[w]hen considering . . . the clarity of an administrative decision . . ., we are not blind to the context in which the decision is made or oblivious of the record on which it is based”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “Where the BIA does not adopt an IJ's opinion but instead makes an independent, superceding decision, we review the decision of the BIA, and not that of the IJ.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “The BIA's determination [of an alien's eligibility] for asylum must be upheld if `supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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