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667 F.3d 523 · 2012

Citation profile

58
cited by 58 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited

14 federal appellate ·

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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 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. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 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. · Auer v. Robbins · Kaplun v. Attorney General of the United States · Pierre v. Attorney General of United States · Li Fang Lin v. Mukasey

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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “will occur at the hands of government or with the consent or acquiescence of government.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “and his handgun conviction as a qualifying firearms offense. Cruz-Quintanilla sought relief from removal under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “exercise[s] its independent judgment to evaluate ... the legal significance of the facts”
    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.