Mejia v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
756 F.3d 64 · 2014
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 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 Yatskin v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Mihaylov v. Ashcroft · Sasan Maghsoudi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · 24 I. & N. Dec. 29 - JURADO · Vásquez 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.
“"conduct that shocks the public conscience as being inherently base, vile, or depraved, and contrary to the accepted rules of morality and the duties owed between persons or to society in general," or, in other words, "an act which is per se morally reprehensible and intrinsically wrong" and is "accompanied by a vicious motive or a corrupt mind."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A reviewing court should judge the action of the BIA based only on reasoning - 19 - provided by the agency, not based on grounds constructed by the reviewing court, and that basis must be set forth with such clarity as to be understandable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“our review is limited to the reasoning articulated below.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.