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In re Farias-Mendoza

20 Cited authorities

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

    467 U.S. 837 (1984)   Cited 16,165 times   613 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts "must give effect to the unambiguously expressed intent of Congress"

  2. Landgraf v. USI Film Prods.

    511 U.S. 244 (1994)   Cited 3,855 times   34 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute may apply retroactively when "clear congressional intent favor such a result"

  3. INS v. Cardoza-Fonseca

    480 U.S. 421 (1987)   Cited 2,404 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the phrase "well-founded fear," which is also found in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, is ambiguous

  4. Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital

    488 U.S. 204 (1988)   Cited 1,732 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts will not defer to an agency's litigating position where it contradicts the agency's prior “regulations, rulings, or administrative practice”

  5. K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.

    486 U.S. 281 (1988)   Cited 805 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding a C.F.R. provision invalid because it conflicted with the unequivocal language of the statute

  6. Moskal v. United States

    498 U.S. 103 (1990)   Cited 567 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the rule of lenity is not triggered because it is "possible to articulate" a narrower construction of a statute

  7. United States v. Locke

    471 U.S. 84 (1985)   Cited 679 times
    Holding that the plaintiffs’ actual intent was irrelevant to whether they satisfied a federal mining statute’s requirement to file a notice of intent to hold a mining claim by a certain date

  8. American Tobacco Co. v. Patterson

    456 U.S. 63 (1982)   Cited 603 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that under an employer's bona fide seniority system, there can be no Title VII liability even if the current system perpetuates pre-Title VII lawful discrimination

  9. Woodby v. Immigration Service

    385 U.S. 276 (1966)   Cited 753 times
    Holding that "no deportation order may be entered unless it is found by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that the facts alleged as grounds for deportation are true"

  10. 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

  11. Section 1101 - Definitions

    8 U.S.C. § 1101   Cited 16,642 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 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1182   Cited 9,876 times   69 Legal Analyses
    Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

  13. Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1227   Cited 8,010 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

  14. Section 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

    8 U.S.C. § 1324   Cited 3,413 times   43 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any person who "transports . . . or attempts to transport" an alien who has entered the United States in violation of the law

  15. Section 1251 - Transferred

    8 U.S.C. § 1251   Cited 2,158 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Delineating crimes that make alien deportable

  16. Section 1254 - Repealed

    8 U.S.C. § 1254   Cited 1,132 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Describing suspension-of-deportation eligibility