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

Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

Taylor v. United States

Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.

Holding that where Congress expresses its intent "with sufficient precision," then "reference to legislative history and to pre-Code practice is hardly necessary"

INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Com

Holding that "an alien unlawfully in this country has no constitutional right to assert selective enforcement as a defense against his deportation"

Schmuck v. United States

Holding that "routine" mailings that occurred "after the fraud [had] come to fruition" were part of the execution of the defendant's fraudulent scheme because the fraud was not a "'one-shot' operation," but an "ongoing fraudulent venture"

Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill

Holding that budget appropriations cannot alter meaning of statute

Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.

Holding that a court has no discretion in the assessment of the double-wage penalty

K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.

Holding a C.F.R. provision invalid because it conflicted with the unequivocal language of the statute

Aaron v. Securities & Exchange Commission

Holding that scienter is an element of Section 10(b), Rule 10b-5, and Section 17, but not Section 17 or

Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

Section 1229a - Removal proceedings

Granting a noncitizen the right to file one motion to reopen and providing that “the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal”

Section 641 - Public money, property or records

Requiring knowledge

Section 2315 - Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps

Forbidding the possession, receipt, or sale of of stolen property that has crossed state borders

Section 2313 - Sale or receipt of stolen vehicles

Possessing a stolen motor vehicle that had been transported across state lines

Section 165.40 - Criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree

Section 165.45 - Criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree

Finding a person guilty of fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property when he or she "knowingly possess stolen property, with the intent to benefit himself or [another] . . . other than owner thereof or to impede recovery by the owner, and when: . . . [t]he property consists of one or more firearms . . . ."

Section 193.330 - Punishment for attempts [Replaced]

Defining attempt