Moreno v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.3d 40 · 2014
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · United States v. Zannino · Nikijuluw v. Gonzales · Makhoul v. Ashcroft · Lopez de Hincapie v. Gonzales
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judicial review of immigration cases normally focuses on the final order of the BIA. But where, as here, the BIA accepts the IJ's findings and reasoning yet adds its own gloss, we review the two decisions as a unit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Caz v. Garland · Thile v. Garland“[W]e accept the findings 'as long as they are supported by reasonable, substantial and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n agency's determination of a fact-driven issue may not be set aside unless the evidence compels a contrary determination.”
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.