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Ridore v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis

696 F.3d 907 · 2012

Citation profile

51
cited by 51 later decisions
July 2025
most recently cited

10 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 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 En Hui Huang v. Attorney General of the United States · Lopez v. Ashcroft · De Martinez v. Ashcroft · Azanor v. Ashcroft · Kaplun v. Attorney General of the United States

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

  1. “[W]e have the testimony of [an expert] who testified that clearly this individual upon his return back to Haiti will be turned over to the Haitian authorities who will immediately intern him in one of their prison facilities where he will be held indefinitely . . . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “adverse factors ... with the social and humane considerations presented on his (or her) behalf to determine whether the granting of relief appears in the best interest of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “the BIA's list of equities differed from those set forth by the IJ, and the BIA therefore 'overturn[ed] the IJ's findings and enter[ed] its own findings of fact.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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