Lee v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.3d 851 · 2014
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
August 2021
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on LOZADA · Feleke v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Strato v. Ashcroft · Zine v. Mukasey · Esenwah v. Ashcroft
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the alien had already had an opportunity to fully present and litigate his request for discretionary relief from deportation .... reopening should not be granted unless the alien had met the 'heavy burden' of showing that the new evidence presented 'would likely change the result in the case.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be such that [it] would likely change the result in the case”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the heavy burden required to merit a reopening of proceedings,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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