Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez’s Empirical Analysis
566 U.S. 583 · 2012
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield · Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reasonable construction of the statute, whether or not it is the only possible interpretation or ... the one [we] might think best,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Board should impute a parent's years of domicile to his or her child”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“determining eligibility for relief under § 212(c).”
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.