· 5/3/1999
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre
Citations
- 526 U.S. 415
- 119 S. Ct. 1439
- 143 L. Ed. 2d 590
- 1999 U.S. LEXIS 3005
- 67 U.S.L.W. 4270
- 99 Daily Journal DAR 4125
- 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 2487
- 12 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 212
- 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3168
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Chevron deference applies to the Board based on the statutory allocation of power laid out by Congress in the INA
- holding that decisions of the BIA interpreting the INA are entitled to Chevron deference
- holding that the Ninth Circuit erred by failing to defer to the BIA’s reasonable interpretation of the INA
- recognizing that “the BIA should be accorded Chevron deference as it gives ambiguous statutory terms ‘concrete meaning through a process of case-by-case adjudication’ ”
- holding that Chevron applies to many of the Board’s decisions interpreting stat- utes governing immigration issues
- recognizing that “the BIA should be accorded Chevron deference as it gives ambiguous statutory terms concrete meaning through a process of case-by-case adjudication” (quotation marks omitted)
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Judges: Kennedy
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