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811 F.3d 1013 · 2016

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
February 2024
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

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. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Arizona v. United States · Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · Nyama v. Ashcroft · Davila-Mejia v. Mukasey

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[w]e review the BIA's legal determinations de novo, but we accord 'substantial deference to the BIA's interpretation of the statutes and regulations it administers.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “adopted the findings or the reasoning of the [immigration judge], we also review the [immigration judge's] decision as part of the final agency action.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “they are unsupported by substantial evidence.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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