Boluk v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
642 F.3d 297 · 2011
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Connecticut District Court)
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 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))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Xiao Ji Chen v. United States Department of Justice · Campbell v. United States · VELARDE
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the qualifying marriage was entered into in good faith by the [non-citizen] spouse, but the qualifying marriage has been terminated (other than through the death of the spouse).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alom v. Whitaker“we must defer to any reasonable interpretation of the statute adopted by the BIA as the entity charged by Congress with the statute’s enforcement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Husic v. Holder“The central question is whether the bride and groom intended to establish a life together at the time they were married.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alom v. Whitaker
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.