Citizens Gaslight & Heating Co. v. Granger

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the child was entitled to SIJ findings in the context of a custody case filed by the father
• state probate and family court was obligated to make SIJ findings in father’s proceeding for sole custody of his son
• “A judge simply may not decline to make findings; he or she must make the findings – whether favorable or not – concerning those criteria.”
• a judge may not decline to make special findings based on their assessment of the likelihood that the SIJ application will be successful or consider the juvenile’s motivation for seeking SIJ status
• “A judge may not decline to make special findings based on his or her assessment of the likelihood that the SIJ application ultimately will be successful before the Federal authorities, or on any consideration of the juvenile’s motivation for seeking SIJ status.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).