Valdez v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.3d 407 · 2016
Citation profile
4 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 United States v. Zannino · Nyonzele v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Cho v. Gonzales · LAUREANO · McKenzie-Francisco 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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“the record evidence would 'compel a reasonable factfinder to reach a contrary determination.'”
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.