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683 F.3d 1164 · 2012

Citation profile

67
cited by 67 later decisions
January 2026
most recently cited

10 federal appellate ·

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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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 Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Wainwright v. Witt

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

  1. “[w]here the IJ has not made a finding of fact on a disputed matter, and such a finding is necessary to resolution of the case”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the BIA conducts its own review of the evidence and law, rather than adopting the IJ's decision, our review is limited to the BIA's decision, except to the extent the IJ's opinion is expressly adopted.”
    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.