Chavez v. Garland’s Empirical Analysis
2022
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 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. Elias-Zacarias · Khouzam v. Ashcroft · Kalubi v. Ashcroft · Pirir-Boc v. Holder
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to the extent that the BIA deferred to or adopted the IJ's reasoning, we review those portions of the IJ's decision”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For a proposed social group to be cognizable, an applicant must show that the group is '(1) composed of members who share a common immutable characteristic, (2) defined with particularity, and (3) socially distinct within the society in question.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[w]e examine the agency's findings of fact under the substantial evidence standard, upholding its factual findings so long as they are 'supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.'”
2 later decisions 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.