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7 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 25 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Apolinar Hernandez-Garza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apolinar Hernandez-Garza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service Anchor | green | “the use of affidavits from persons who are not available for cross-examination does not satisfy the constitutional test of fundamental fairness unless the ins first establishes that despite reasonable efforts it was unable to secure the presence of the witness at the hearing.” | 5 |
| 2 | United States v. Jorge L. Reyes | green | “absent a clearer statutory or historical basis, an article iii court should not arrogate such power unto itself.” | 5 |
| 3 | Atchison v. Collins | green | “common mandate of statutory construction to avoid absurd results.” | 3 |
| 4 | Herrera-Inirio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | green | “situations where a judgment of guilt or imposition of sentence is suspended, conditioned upon the alien's future good behavior.” | 3 |
| 5 | Herrera-Inirio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | green | “emphasis that congress placed on the original admission of guilt plainly indicates that a subsequent dismissal of charges, based solely on rehabilitative goals and not on the merits of the charge or on a defect in the underlying criminal proceedings, does not vitiate that origin…” | 3 |
| 6 | Herrera-Inirio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | green | “this effort failed to produce the desired uniformity and congress stepped in to fill the void.” | 3 |
| 7 | Apolinar Hernandez-Garza v. Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “the chances of success would have been minuscule.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.