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733 F.3d 662 · 2013

Citation profile

50
cited by 50 later decisions
July 2025
most recently cited

25 federal appellate ·

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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Vance v. Bradley

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

  1. “giving Chevron deference to the Board's reasonable interpretation set forth in precedential opinions interpreting the statute.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “we review the immigration judge's findings as supplemented by the Board's.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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