Gyamfi v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.3d 168 · 2019
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 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 Pace v. Superintendent State Correctional Institution at Graterford · Wallace v. Kato · Wallace v. Kato · Dada v. Mukasey · Reyes Mata v. Lynch
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“committed a material error of law or exercised its authority arbitrarily, capriciously, or irrationally.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a motion to reopen removal proceedings is a disfavored tool, given the threat it poses to finality[.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Tay-Chan v. Barr · Thompson v. Barr“Section 1252(a)(2)(D) 'only arguably applies to a petitioner's constitutional or legal challenges if they are colorable' . . . and the [petitioner]s' are not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thompson 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.