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In re Adeniji

38 Cited authorities

  1. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,016 times   500 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  2. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,796 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

  3. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,390 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  4. Chapman v. United States

    500 U.S. 453 (1991)   Cited 1,147 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an LSD sentencing statute did "not produce a result ‘so "absurd or glaringly unjust" ’ as to raise a ‘reasonable doubt’ about Congress' intent" even though it could produce results both "anomalous" and "irrelevant to culpability," "viz: a major wholesaler caught with 19,999 doses of pure LSD would not be subject to the 5-year mandatory minimum sentence, while a minor pusher with 200 doses on blotter paper, or even one dose on a sugar cube, would be subject to the mandatory minimum sentence"

  5. Public Citizen v. Department of Justice

    491 U.S. 440 (1989)   Cited 787 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plaintiff advocacy organizations' inability to obtain information that Congress made subject to disclosure under the Federal Advisory Committee Act "constitutes a sufficiently distinct injury to provide standing to sue"

  6. K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.

    486 U.S. 281 (1988)   Cited 791 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a C.F.R. provision invalid because it conflicted with the unequivocal language of the statute

  7. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n

    485 U.S. 439 (1988)   Cited 788 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an adherent was not entitled to challenge a third party's actions that offended his beliefs

  8. United States v. Jackson

    390 U.S. 570 (1968)   Cited 1,106 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that defendant could still be prosecuted under 1932 Kidnapping Act, despite the fact that a 1934 amendment adding the death penalty as an available punishment in certain instances rendered the Act unconstitutional for a period of time in which the defendant's violations occurred

  9. Bifulco v. United States

    447 U.S. 381 (1980)   Cited 560 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the rule of lenity "applies not only to interpretations of the substantive ambit of criminal prohibitions, but also to the penalties they impose"

  10. Gozlon-Peretz v. United States

    498 U.S. 395 (1991)   Cited 386 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a more general statute “does not apply” because “ specific provision controls over one of more general application”

  11. Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1252   Cited 42,525 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

  12. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,341 times   92 Legal Analyses
    Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

  13. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,708 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  14. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 7,882 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  15. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,794 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver

  16. Section 1226 - Apprehension and detention of aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1226   Cited 3,160 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"

  17. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,154 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  18. Section 236.1 - Apprehension, custody, and detention

    8 C.F.R. § 236.1   Cited 397 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Providing that an authorized officer may exercise discretion to release an alien if the alien demonstrates that release would not pose a danger and the alien is likely to appear at future proceedings