Bonilla v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
840 F.3d 575 · 2016
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1255A (§ 245a of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Heckler v. Chaney · Nken v. Holder · Iturribarria v. Immigration & 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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for the limited purpose of reviewing the reasoning behind the decisions for legal or constitutional error.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“remand to the BIA so it may exercise its authority against the correct legal background.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Board is not required -- by regulation or its own decisions -- to reopen proceedings sua sponte in exceptional situations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.