In re V-Z-S

55 Cited authorities

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,218 times   616 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  2. Taylor v. United States

    495 U.S. 575 (1990)   Cited 5,288 times   27 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "
  3. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,410 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous
  4. INS v. Lopez-Mendoza

    468 U.S. 1032 (1984)   Cited 991 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "deportation is not to punish past transgressions but rather to put an end to a continuing violation of the immigration laws."
  5. K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.

    486 U.S. 281 (1988)   Cited 806 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a C.F.R. provision invalid because it conflicted with the unequivocal language of the statute
  6. Morissette v. United States

    342 U.S. 246 (1952)   Cited 2,297 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it is a defense to a charge of "knowingly converting" federal property that one did not know that what one was doing was a conversion
  7. INS v. Phinpathya

    464 U.S. 183 (1984)   Cited 248 times
    Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning
  8. United States v. Turley

    352 U.S. 407 (1957)   Cited 334 times
    Holding that the common law could not be used as an extrinsic source to interpret Congress's use of the term “stolen”
  9. Zimmerman v. State of Oregon Dept. of Just

    170 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 1999)   Cited 264 times
    Holding that Title II of the ADA does abrogate state sovereign immunity, but its protections do not apply to employment
  10. U.S. v. Baron-Medina

    187 F.3d 1144 (9th Cir. 1999)   Cited 175 times
    Holding that " the touching of an underage child's body (b) with a sexual intent" constitutes generic federal "sexual abuse of a minor"
  11. Section 924 - Penalties

    18 U.S.C. § 924   Cited 68,534 times   189 Legal Analyses
    Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
  12. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,720 times   91 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
  13. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,675 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"
  14. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,037 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General
  15. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,961 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
  16. Section 10851 - Theft of vehicle

    Cal. Veh. Code § 10851   Cited 5,229 times
    Taking or driving a vehicle without the consent of the owner
  17. Section 16 - Crime of violence defined

    18 U.S.C. § 16   Cited 3,508 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Defining a crime of violence as ‘ an offense that has as an element the use . . . of physical force against the person or property of another’
  18. Section 641 - Public money, property or records

    18 U.S.C. § 641   Cited 2,995 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Requiring knowledge
  19. Section 31.03 - Theft

    Tex. Pen. Code § 31.03   Cited 2,983 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Defining theft to include the knowing appropriation of property that is stolen
  20. Section 2312 - Transportation of stolen vehicles

    18 U.S.C. § 2312   Cited 1,833 times
    Criminalizing transport of stolen motor vehicles and aircraft