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In re C-W-L

21 Cited authorities

  1. Williams v. Taylor

    529 U.S. 362 (2000)   Cited 37,748 times   66 Legal Analyses
    Holding that counsel's performance was deficient when their investigation failed to uncover "extensive records" filled with mitigation evidence concerning the defendant's family history, education, mental health, and rehabilitation

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,010 times   500 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  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. United Savings Assn. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest

    484 U.S. 365 (1988)   Cited 2,046 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that § 506(b) “deni [es] ... postpetition interest to undersecured creditors,” and recognizing “an apparent anomaly” that when a debtor proves solvent, 11 U.S.C. § 726 provides for post-petition interest on unsecured claims “but not on the secured portion of undersecured creditors' claims,” but concluding that these particular “inequitable effects ... are entirely avoidable, since an undersecured creditor is entitled to ‘surrender or waive his security and prove his entire claim as an unsecured one’ ”

  5. 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

  6. Kungys v. United States

    485 U.S. 759 (1988)   Cited 693 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must meet its burden with "clear, unequivocal, and convincing" evidence

  7. American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson

    456 U.S. 63 (1982)   Cited 602 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that under an employer's bona fide seniority system, there can be no Title VII liability even if the current system perpetuates pre-Title VII lawful discrimination

  8. Wang v. Board of Immigration Appeals

    437 F.3d 270 (2d Cir. 2006)   Cited 851 times
    Holding that a petitioner cannot "seek[] to reopen . . . due to circumstances entirely of his own making after being ordered to leave the United States"

  9. Bowles v. Seminole Rock Co.

    325 U.S. 410 (1945)   Cited 1,240 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an agency's interpretation of its own regulation must comport with "the plain words of the regulation"

  10. Accardi v. Shaughnessy

    347 U.S. 260 (1954)   Cited 880 times
    Holding that Board of Immigration Appeals was required to follow its own regulations in deciding whether to suspend deportation

  11. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,405 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  12. Section 1003.2 - Reopening or reconsideration before the Board of Immigration Appeals

    8 C.F.R. § 1003.2   Cited 7,762 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Granting power to Board

  13. Section 208.4 - Filing the application

    8 C.F.R. § 208.4   Cited 301 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing "ineffective assistance of counsel" as one "extraordinary circumstance" and setting forth the requirements