Statute treatment: 8 C.F.R. § 235.8

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 36 citation events across 14 distinct cases.

36citations total

14distinct interpreting cases

7distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1982–2020year range

Top 12 leading cases

#1 Arar v. Ashcroft (2008) ca2 101 own cites 10× in case

#2 Rafeedie v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1992) dcd 11 own cites 4× in case

#3 Rafeedie v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1988) dcd 9 own cites 4× in case

#4 Pankajkumar Patel v. U.S. Attorney General (2020) ca11 90 own cites 1× in case

#5 El-Werfalli v. Smith (1982) nysd 17 own cites 1× in case

#6 Azzouka v. Sava (1985) ca2 13 own cites 2× in case

#7 Rafeedie v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1989) cadc 9 own cites 2× in case

#8 Ellis v. Ferro (1982) nywd 2 own cites 2× in case

#9 Bedredin v. Sava (1986) nysd 3 own cites 1× in case

#10 Arar v. Ashcroft (2008) ca2 1 own cites 5× in case

#11 Azzouka v. Meese (1987) ca2 3 own cites 1× in case

#12 Avila v. Rivkind (1989) flsd 2 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.