Vilchez v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
682 F.3d 1195 · 2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Najmabadi v. Holder · Rusu v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Jose Guadalupe Larita-Martinez v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Mendez-Castro v. Mukasey · Vargas-Hernandez v. Gonzales
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we lack jurisdiction to review the merits of a discretionary decision to deny cancellation of removal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“except to the extent that the BIA expressly adopted the IJ's decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Szonyi v. Whitaker“the BIA incorporates parts of the IJ's reasoning as its own.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Szonyi 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.