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7 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 24 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 Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service Anchor
ca5 · 1984
green “capricious, racially invidious, utterly without foundation in the evidence, or otherwise so aberrational that it is arbitrary rather than the result of any perceptible rational approach.” 6
2 Garcia v. Holder
ca10 · 2009
green “the fact that the alien is not to blame for the ambiguity surrounding his criminal conviction does not relieve him of his obligation to prove eligibility for discretionary relief.” 3
3 Salem v. Holder
ca4 · 2011
green “show that he has not been convicted of the underlying criminal offense.” 3
4 Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
ca5 · 1984
green “deems it in error, so long as it is not capricious, racially invidious, utterly without foundation in the evidence, or otherwise so aberrational that it is arbitrary rather than the result of any perceptible rational approach.” 3
5 Fidelis Osuchukwu v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
ca5 · 1984
green “so long as it is not capricious, racially invidious, utterly without foundation in the evidence, or otherwise so aberrational that it is arbitrary rather than the result of any perceptible rational approach.” 3
6 Gaspar Esparza Rodriguez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
ca5 · 2012
green “relating to a controlled substance” 3
7 Jean-Louis v. Attorney General of the United States
ca3 · 2009
green “conducted a limited factual inquiry, examining the record of conviction for the narrow purpose of determining the specific elements under which the defendant was convicted.” 3

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