Lamim v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
760 F.3d 135 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · McKenzie-Francisco v. Holder · Reynoso v. Holder · Martinez v. Holder · Jing Lin 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) Documentation relating to the degree to which the financial assets and liabilities of the parties were combined; (ii) Documentation concerning the length of time during which the parties cohabited after the marriage and after the alien obtained permanent residence; (iii) Birth certificates of children born to the marriage; and (iv) Other evidence deemed pertinent. ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Valdez v. Lynch“so long as it is supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alzaben v. Garland“evidence relating to the amount of commitment by both parties to the marital relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alzaben v. Garland
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.