Dent v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.3d 1075 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1433 (§ 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1445 (§ 334 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. Doe · Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · Miller v. Gammie · Sessions v. Dimaya
Most-quoted passages
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“[r]equiring adoptive parents to petition for their children's naturalization helped ensure that the child had a genuine relationship with the parent [and] gave the government the opportunity to inquire into naturalizing parents' relationships with their previously adopted children.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Adoptive parents are not a protected class and, therefore, rational-basis review applies to that distinction as well.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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