527 U.S. 308 (1999) Cited 820 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that, in an action for legal relief in the form of money damages, a district court lacks the authority under Fed.R.Civ.P. 65 to issue a preliminary injunction freezing assets because "such a remedy was historically unavailable from a court of equity"
Holding no requirement "to arrive at purely advisory findings and conclusions as to statutory eligibility" for immigration relief when application fails for other reasons
555 U.S. 511 (2009) Cited 218 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Fedorenko's rule that voluntariness is irrelevant to culpability with respect to the DPA's persecutor bar need not be applied to the analogous INA persecutor bar
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,863 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
8 U.S.C. § 1231 Cited 8,038 times 13 Legal Analyses
Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver
8 U.S.C. § 1229a Cited 6,476 times 8 Legal Analyses
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”
Granting Attorney General discretion to “adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence” refugee previously granted asylum and physically present in United States
Providing jurisdiction over the offense of genocide “regardless of where the offense is committed” if the alleged offender is, among other things, “present in the United States”
Stating that for an alien to be eligible for deferral of removal under the CAT, they must "ha[ve] been found under § 1208.16(c) to be entitled to protection under the Convention Against Torture"
8 C.F.R. § 1240.8 Cited 313 times 4 Legal Analyses
Applying "clearly and beyond doubt" burden to "proceedings commenced upon a respondent's arrival" or "[a]liens present in the United States without being admitted"