Cabrera v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
805 F.3d 391 · 2015
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229B (§ 240a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang · Herbert v. Ashcroft · Jianli Chen v. Holder · Riad Sad v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
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.
“some deference to the agency's expertise in interpreting - 10 - both the statutes that govern its operations and its own implementing regulations.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the BIA accepts the IJ's findings and reasoning yet adds its own - 6 - gloss, we review the two decisions as a unit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he Attorney General's decision to grant such relief is discretionary and 'amounts to an act of grace.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barros 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.