Patel v. Garland’s Empirical Analysis
2022
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Whitman Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency v. American Trucking Associations Inc
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he Attorney General has discretion to adjust the status of an eligible noncitizen who entered the United States illegally to that of lawful permanent resident, forgiving the illegal entry and protecting the noncitizen from removal on that ground. . . . [T]he Attorney General has delegated to immigration judges the ability to grant relief from removal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]ederal courts lack jurisdiction to review facts found as part of discretionary-relief proceedings”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'in a legal context generally has a broadening effect, ensuring that the scope of a provision covers not only its subject but also matters relating to that subject.'”
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.