Xie v. Kerry’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.3d 405 · 2015
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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1151 (§ 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1152 (§ 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1153 (§ 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Norton Secretary of the Interior et al. v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance et al. · 21 F. Supp. 3d 89 - Xie v. Kerry
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“point[ed] to a precise section of [a statutory provision], establishing a specific principle of temporal priority that clearly reins in the agency's discretion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“ask[ed] for compliance with a provision that is anywhere near as broad as the ones listed in [ SUWA ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“vastly overstate[d] the rule articulated in [ SUWA ].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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