Aponte v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
683 F.3d 6 · 2012
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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 Rodríguez v. Municipality of San Juan · Cuevas-Gaspar v. Gonzales · Mendez-Barrera v. Holder · Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez · Larngar v. Holder
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is extremely problematic for appeals courts to assess [a BIA decision] absent a reasonably clear signal as to the precise rationale for [the - 13 - decision]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“made no findings, relied on no case law, and engaged in no analysis”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we do not review inadequately reasoned decisions.”
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.