Gitau v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
878 F.3d 429 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1186A (§ 216 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))
Relies on Gebremichael v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Chhay v. Mukasey · Rivas-Mira v. Holder · Cho v. Gonzales · Jabri 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a distinction between questions of law concerning eligibility for relief and the ultimate decision ... to grant such relief if eligibility is found.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Twum v. Barr
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.