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859 F.3d 1198 · 2017

Citation profile

22
cited by 22 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited

1 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1281 (§ 251 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Najmabadi v. Holder · Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Singh v. Immigration & Naturalization Services · Toufighi 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “when the agency 'does not rely on an alien's conviction in denying [the requested] relief.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “We have jurisdiction to determine our own jurisdiction.”
    1 later decision 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.