Guerrero v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
908 F.3d 541 · 2018
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on United States v. Salerno · 135 S. Ct. 2551 - Johnson v. United States · Miller v. Gammie · Sessions v. Dimaya · FRENTESCU
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For purposes of clause (ii), an alien who has been convicted of an aggravated felony (or felonies) for which the alien has been sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of at least 5 years shall be considered to have committed a particularly serious crime. The previous sentence shall not preclude the Attorney General from determining that, notwithstanding the length of sentence imposed, an alien has been convicted of a particularly serious crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mairena v. Barr“if the Attorney General decides that ... the alien, having been convicted by a final judgment of a particularly serious crime is a danger to the community of the United States....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mairena v. Barr“the alien's life or freedom would be threatened in that country because of the alien's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mairena v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
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