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734 F.3d 259 · 2013

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
August 2022
most recently cited

5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 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 Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Dickerson v. United States · Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · Landon v. Plasencia · Demore District Director San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service et al. v. Kim

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

  1. “We begin, as always in deciding questions of statutory interpretation, with the text of the statute.”); United States v. Ashford, 718 F.3d 377, 382 (4th Cir.2013) (quoting Chesapeake Ranch Water Co. v. Bd. of Comm’rs of Calvert Cnty., 401 F.3d 274, 279 (4th Cir.2005) (”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “'To determine a statute's plain meaning, we not only look to the language itself, but also the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the statute as a whole.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “A point of law merely assumed in an opinion, not discussed, is not authoritative.”
    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.