In re Masri

21 Cited authorities

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,020 times   502 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  2. Pilot Life Ins. Co. v. Dedeaux

    481 U.S. 41 (1987)   Cited 3,704 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that civil enforcement scheme codified at § 502 is not to be supplemented by state law remedies
  3. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,391 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 2,048 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. United States v. Menasche

    348 U.S. 528 (1955)   Cited 742 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting an interpretation of a statutory provision that would nullify the effect of another provision
  6. Malat v. Riddell

    383 U.S. 569 (1966)   Cited 263 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding primarily means "of first importance"
  7. Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.

    383 U.S. 392 (1966)   Cited 146 times
    Finding that when the plain meaning "has led to absurd or futile results" courts have reasonably followed the purpose, rather than the literal words
  8. Gonzalez v. McNary

    980 F.2d 1418 (11th Cir. 1993)   Cited 61 times
    Holding "A statute should be construed so that effect is given to all its provisions, so that no part of it will be inoperative or superfluous, void or insignificant . . . It is a court's duty `to give effect, if possible, to every clause and word of a statute'"
  9. Montclair v. Ramsdell

    107 U.S. 147 (1882)   Cited 304 times
    In Montclair v. Ramsdell, 107 U.S. 147, Otoe County v. Baldwin, 111 U.S. 1, 16, and Ackley School District v. Hall, 113 U.S. 135, we had occasion to consider the same general question, with the same result, in connection with similar provisions in the constitutions of New Jersey, Nebraska and Iowa respectively.
  10. United Telecommunications, Inc. v. C. I. R

    589 F.2d 1383 (10th Cir. 1978)   Cited 39 times
    Interpreting tax regulations
  11. Section 1160 - Special agricultural workers

    8 U.S.C. § 1160   Cited 240 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Setting procedures for adjustment of status of certain noncitizens
  12. Section 1256 - Rescission of adjustment of status; effect upon naturalized citizen

    8 U.S.C. § 1256   Cited 118 times
    Providing for rescission of adjusted status if within five years it appears the alien "was not in fact eligible for such adjustment of status" when it was granted
  13. Section 246.1 - Notice

    8 C.F.R. § 246.1   Cited 25 times
    Implementing 8 U.S.C. § 1256
  14. Section 210.2 - Application for temporary resident status

    8 C.F.R. § 210.2   Cited 19 times
    Providing for temporary admission and stay of deportation proceedings for SAW applicants
  15. Section 210.4 - Status and benefits

    8 C.F.R. § 210.4   Cited 15 times
    Echoing this language
  16. Section 245a.3 - [Effective 4/1/2024] Application for adjustment from temporary to permanent resident status

    8 C.F.R. § 245a.3   Cited 15 times
    Authorizing the sharing of information with prosecutors
  17. Section 210.1 - Definition of terms used in this part

    8 C.F.R. § 210.1   Cited 8 times

    (a)Act. The Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. (b)ADIT. Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunications card, Form I-89. Used to collect key data concerning an alien. When processed together with an alien's photographs, fingerprints and signature, this form becomes the source document for generation of Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card. (c)Application period. The 18-month period during which an application for adjustment of

  18. Section 246.2 - Allegations admitted; no answer filed; no hearing requested

    8 C.F.R. § 246.2   Cited 7 times

    If the answer admits the allegations in the notice, or if no answer is filed within the thirty-day period, or if no hearing is requested within such period, the district director or asylum office director shall rescind the adjustment of status previously granted, and no appeal shall lie from his decision. 8 C.F.R. §246.2 62 FR 10385, Mar. 6, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 27881, May 21, 1999

  19. Section 246.4 - Immigration judge's authority; withdrawal and substitution

    8 C.F.R. § 246.4   Cited 2 times

    In any proceeding conducted under this part, the immigration judge shall have authority to interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the respondent and other witnesses, to present and receive evidence, to determine whether adjustment of status shall be rescinded, to make decisions thereon, including an appropriate order, and to take any other action consistent with applicable provisions of law and regulations as may be appropriate to the disposition of the case. Nothing contained in this part shall