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Matter of F-P-R

15 Cited authorities

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,175 times   613 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  2. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,405 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  3. Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes Lerach

    523 U.S. 26 (1998)   Cited 876 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because the remand requirement is absolute, the transferee court may not invoke the change-of-venue statute to assign transferred cases to itself for trial

  4. INS v. Stevic

    467 U.S. 407 (1984)   Cited 924 times
    Holding that to qualify for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate a "clear probability" of persecution if removed

  5. Alabama v. Bozeman

    533 U.S. 146 (2001)   Cited 296 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding the IADA requires dismissal if the shuttling provision is violated, with no de minimis exception

  6. INS v. Phinpathya

    464 U.S. 183 (1984)   Cited 247 times
    Holding that thirty-two-year-old statute must still be given its plain meaning

  7. Rosenberg v. Fleuti

    374 U.S. 449 (1963)   Cited 240 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that lawful permanent residents who travel abroad should be admitted, even if otherwise inadmissible, if their travel was "brief, casual, or innocent"

  8. Escoe v. Zerbst

    295 U.S. 490 (1935)   Cited 406 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute's use of word "shall," though not controlling, is significant as indicating intent that statute should be mandatory.

  9. Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.

    383 U.S. 392 (1966)   Cited 147 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

  10. Anderson v. Yungkau

    329 U.S. 482 (1947)   Cited 239 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that dismissal in this circumstance is "mandatory"

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,658 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

  12. Section 1158 - Asylum

    8 U.S.C. § 1158   Cited 10,640 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "pattern or practice" of persecution requires it be "systemic, pervasive, or organized"

  13. Section 1231 - Detention and removal of aliens ordered removed

    8 U.S.C. § 1231   Cited 7,935 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