De Lima v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.3d 260 · 2017
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 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))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Taylor v. United States · Shepard v. United States · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Bowles v. Russell
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]e presume that the state conviction 'rested upon . . . the least of th[e] acts' criminalized by the statute, and then we determine whether that conduct would fall within the [generic] federal definition of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Silva v. Garland“albeit with deference accorded to the [Board's] reasonable interpretation of statutes and regulations falling within its bailiwick.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Da Graca v. Garland“to the statutory definition of the [state] offense of conviction”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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