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884 F.3d 442 · 2018

Citation profile

16
cited by 16 later decisions
March 2025
most recently cited

4 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation Same · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Enrico St Cyr · Padilla v. Kentucky · Descamps v. United States · Descamps v. United States

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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[t]raditionally, the BIA considered a theft or larceny statute a CIMT only if it included as an element the 'intent to permanently deprive an owner of property.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “an intent to deprive the owner of his property either permanently or under circumstances where the owner's property rights are substantially eroded.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “employ a 'categorical approach' to determine whether the state offense is comparable to an offense listed in the INA.”
    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.