· 1/26/2011
Denis v. Attorney General of the United States
Citations
- 633 F.3d 201
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 1543
- 2011 WL 223024
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a New York conviction for evidence tampering was “relat[ed] to” obstruction of justice within the meaning of the INA
- holding that a New York conviction for evidence tampering was \relat[ed] to\ obstruction of justice within the meaning of the INA
- recognizing that deference to an agency‟s reasonable interpretation of ambiguous statutory language would be appropriate
- holding that the question “does not present an obscure ambiguity or a matter committed to agency discretion” because Chapter 73 “permit[s] us to easily determine the types of conduct Congress intended the phrase to encompass”
- holding that the question “does not present an obscure ambiguity or a matter committed to agency discretion” because Chapter 73 “permit[s] us to easily determine the types of conduct Congress intended the phrase to encompass”
- explaining that we “apply the phrase ‘relating to’ broadly, seeking a logical or causal connection”
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Judges: McKee, Chief Judge, Sloviter and Rendell, Circuit Judges
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