Statute treatment: 8 C.F.R. § 205.1

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 216 citation events across 86 distinct cases.

216citations total

86distinct interpreting cases

26distinct courts

15citations in last 5y

1972–2026year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Longwood Village Restaurant, Ltd. v. Ashcroft (2001) dcd 47 own cites 9× in case

#2 Sheikh v. United States Department of Homeland Security (2009) cacd 3 own cites 21× in case

#3 Te Kuei Liu v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1981) ca5 14 own cites 5× in case

#4 Abboud v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1998) ca9 50 own cites 2× in case

#5 AURELIO (1987) bia 21 own cites 3× in case

#6 Mawalla v. Chertoff (2007) dcd 12 own cites 4× in case

#7 Ashok Peter Menezes v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1979) ca9 33 own cites 2× in case

#8 Sage IT, Inc. v. Cissna (2018) cadc 6 own cites 6× in case

#9 Hassan v. Holder (2010) ca6 28 own cites 2× in case

#10 Stevic v. Sava (1982) ca2 43 own cites 4× in case

#11 Lee v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (2010) ca4 81 own cites 1× in case

#12 SESAY (2011) bia 21 own cites 2× in case

#13 Nelly Lockhart v. Janet Napolitano (2009) ca6 47 own cites 1× in case

#14 Neang Chea Taing v. Napolitano (2009) ca1 46 own cites 1× in case

#15 Simone R. Taylor v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration (2005) ca8 8 own cites 3× in case

#16 Afzal v. Holder (2009) ca7 12 own cites 2× in case

#17 Deoderico Polintan San Pedro v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General (2005) ca9 35 own cites 1× in case

#18 Park v. Gonzales (2006) ord 3 own cites 6× in case

#19 Minor Humberto Perez-Vargas v. Alberto R. Gonzales, American Immigration Law Foundation, Amicus Supporting (2007) ca4 26 own cites 1× in case

#20 Stanislav Kopunec, Etc., Cross-Appellant v. Alan C. Nelson, Etc., Cross-Appellees (1986) ca10 25 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.