In re Lettman

34 Cited authorities

  1. Lindh v. Murphy

    521 U.S. 320 (1997)   Cited 11,172 times   29 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the statutory language must be "so clear that it [can] sustain only one interpretation" favoring retroactivity
  2. Chevron U.S.A. v. Natural Res. Def. Council

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,194 times   615 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"
  3. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,861 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"
  4. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,407 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous
  5. Cannon v. University of Chicago

    441 U.S. 677 (1979)   Cited 2,402 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 created a private right of action for victims of education discrimination
  6. Lorillard v. Pons

    434 U.S. 575 (1978)   Cited 1,129 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the presumption of legislative ratification attaches where there is “an administrative or judicial interpretation of a statute,” and Congress “re-enacts statute without change”
  7. Hughes Aircraft v. U.S. ex Rel. Schumer

    520 U.S. 939 (1997)   Cited 537 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the presumption against retroactivity must apply “unless Congress has clearly manifested its intent to the contrary”
  8. United States v. Menasche

    348 U.S. 528 (1955)   Cited 748 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Rejecting an interpretation of a statutory provision that would nullify the effect of another provision
  9. Henderson v. I.N.S.

    157 F.3d 106 (2d Cir. 1998)   Cited 456 times
    Holding that a court has personal jurisdiction in a § 2241 habeas case "`so long as the custodian can be reached by service of process'" as governed by state law
  10. Wallin v. Minnesota Dept. of Corr

    526 U.S. 1004 (1999)   Cited 126 times
    Holding that a habeas corpus petition is properly filed in a district court that has personal jurisdiction over the petitioner's immediate custodian, but declining to answer the question of whether an alien's habeas corpus petition is also properly filed in a district court that has personal jurisdiction over the Attorney General
  11. Section 1252 - Judicial review of orders of removal

    8 U.S.C. § 1252   Cited 43,185 times   37 Legal Analyses
    Holding court had no jurisdiction to review "any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229b"
  12. Section 1326 - Reentry of removed aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1326   Cited 31,476 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Defining offense elements
  13. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,683 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
  14. Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,899 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"
  15. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,023 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General
  16. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,947 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
  17. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,159 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable
  18. Section 1.1 - Applicability

    8 C.F.R. § 1.1   Cited 158 times
    Providing that LPR status terminates upon the entry of a final order of removal