Acquaah v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
589 F.3d 332 · 2009
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · Denko v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Allabani v. Gonzales · Ceraj v. Mukasey · Bi Feng Liu 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will find an abuse of discretion if the [BIA's] denial `was made without a rational explanation, inexplicably departed from established policies, or rested on an impermissible basis such as invidious discrimination against a particular race or group.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr“We review the denial of a motion to reopen under the abuse-of-discretion standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lorenzo v. Barr
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.