Watson v. Geren’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.3d 115 · 2009
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · Estep v. United States · Welsh II 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A basis in fact will not find support in mere disbelief or surmise as to the applicant’s motivation. Rather, the government must show some hard, reliable, provable facts which would provide a basis for disbelieving the applicant’s sincerity, or it must show something concrete in the record which substantially blurs the picture painted by the applicant. The DACORB’s reasons for its decision must be grounded in logic and a mere suspicion is an inadequate basis in fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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