In re Farias-Mendoza

20 Cited authorities

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,304 times   628 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 3,897 times   34 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 2,415 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous
  4. Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital

    488 U.S. 204 (1988)   Cited 1,743 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”
  5. K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.

    486 U.S. 281 (1988)   Cited 812 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a C.F.R. provision invalid because it conflicted with the unequivocal language of the statute
  6. Moskal v. United States

    498 U.S. 103 (1990)   Cited 573 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the rule of lenity is not triggered because it is "possible to articulate" a narrower construction of a statute
  7. United States v. Locke

    471 U.S. 84 (1985)   Cited 686 times
    Holding that the plaintiffs’ actual intent was irrelevant to whether they satisfied a federal mining statute’s requirement to file a notice of intent to hold a mining claim by a certain date
  8. American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson

    456 U.S. 63 (1982)   Cited 606 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
  9. Woodby v. Immigration Service

    385 U.S. 276 (1966)   Cited 755 times
    Holding that "no deportation order may be entered unless it is found by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that the facts alleged as grounds for deportation are true"
  10. INS v. Phinpathya

    464 U.S. 183 (1984)   Cited 251 times
    Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning
  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,897 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
  12. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 10,007 times   79 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"
  13. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,093 times   42 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General
  14. Section 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1324   Cited 3,667 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any person who "transports . . . or attempts to transport" an alien who has entered the United States in violation of the law
  15. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,160 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable
  16. Section 1254 - Repealed

    8 U.S.C. § 1254   Cited 1,132 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Describing suspension-of-deportation eligibility