488 U.S. 204 (1988) Cited 1,746 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts will not defer to an agency's litigating position where it contradicts the agency's prior “regulations, rulings, or administrative practice”
340 U.S. 474 (1951) Cited 9,729 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "
511 U.S. 485 (1994) Cited 1,298 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that defendant may not collaterally attack prior conviction used to enhance sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act because the statute does not explicitly permit such challenges
494 U.S. 827 (1990) Cited 878 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the "plain language" of the newly enacted federal post-judgment interest statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1961, which requires that interest "`be calculated from the date of the entry of the judgment,'" "evidences clear congressional intent that [the provision] is not applicable to judgments entered before its effective date."
8 U.S.C. § 1254 Cited 1,133 times 1 Legal Analyses
Providing for suspension of deportation where, among other requirements, "in the opinion of the Attorney General," deportation would "result in extreme hardship to the alien or to his spouse, parent, or child" lawfully residing in the United States
Criminalizing the failure to disclose that a person received a "fee or other remuneration" for assisting with false applications for immigration benefits