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15 Cited authorities

  1. INS v. Elias-Zacarias

    502 U.S. 478 (1992)   Cited 5,128 times
    Holding that central to the asylum statute is that persecution must be on account of a statutorily protected ground, making the assailant's "motive critical"

  2. In re Winship

    397 U.S. 358 (1970)   Cited 11,660 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt

  3. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,393 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  4. Addington v. Texas

    441 U.S. 418 (1979)   Cited 2,633 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the individual's interest in the outcome of a civil commitment proceeding is of such weight and gravity that due process requires the state to justify confinement by proof more substantial than a mere preponderance of the evidence"

  5. Herman MacLean v. Huddleston

    459 U.S. 375 (1983)   Cited 1,312 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an express remedy under § 11 of the 1933 Act for misleading registration statements did not preclude an overlapping implied private cause of action for fraudulent misrepresentation under § 10(b) of the 1934 Act

  6. INS v. Stevic

    467 U.S. 407 (1984)   Cited 920 times
    Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

  7. Najjar v. Ashcroft

    257 F.3d 1262 (11th Cir. 2001)   Cited 1,103 times
    Holding that because the applicants "failed to demonstrate a 'well-founded fear of persecution' sufficient to support an asylum claim, they likewise cannot establish 'torture' sufficient to warrant relief under CAT" because the burden of proof under the Convention "is higher than the burden imposed on the asylum applicant"

  8. Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo

    521 U.S. 121 (1997)   Cited 288 times
    Holding that LHWCA contains "mandate to account for the future effects of disability" when fashioning disability awards

  9. McDaniel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

    142 F. Supp. 2d 219 (D. Conn. 2001)   Cited 4 times

    No. 3:00CV792(GLG). February 28, 2001. Jonathan J. Einhorn, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff. Deborah R. Slater, U.S. Attorney's Office, Hartford, CT, for defendant. MEMORANDUM DECISION GOETTEL, District Judge. Petitioner, Edna O. McDaniel, a/k/a Yemi Edna Idowu, a/k/a Edna Wickliffe, a native and citizen of Nigeria, has filed a petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, asking this Court for protective relief pursuant to the Convention Against Torture ("CAT") and 8 C.F.R. § 208

  10. U.S. v. Ibekwe

    891 F. Supp. 587 (M.D. Fla. 1995)   Cited 1 times

    No. 90-266-CR-T-17B July 7, 1995. Mark Jay Krum, Tampa, FL, for U.S. Michael Stepakoff, Tampa, FL, for Maduwuba Oluchukwu Ibekwe. ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CORAM NOBIS OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR WRIT OF AUDITA QUERELA AND EQUITABLE RELIEF ELIZABETH KOVACHEVICH, Chief Judge, District. This cause of action is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Writ of Coram Nobis or in the Alternative for Writ of Audita Querela and Equitable Relief (Docket No. 284); Plaintiff's Emergency Motion for a Preliminary

  11. Section 2 - Principals

    18 U.S.C. § 2   Cited 23,855 times   57 Legal Analyses
    Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law

  12. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 7,900 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  13. Section 952 - Importation of controlled substances

    21 U.S.C. § 952   Cited 4,125 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting importation of controlled substances into the United States

  14. Section 1111 - Murder

    18 U.S.C. § 1111   Cited 2,113 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Punishing homicide "[w]ithin the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States"

  15. Section 208.18 - Implementation of the Convention Against Torture

    8 C.F.R. § 208.18   Cited 1,041 times
    Defining torture