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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 21 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 United States v. Rafael Baron-Medina.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 United States v. Rafael Baron-Medina Anchor
ca9 · 1999
green “employing the ordinary, contemporary, and common meaning of the words that congress used.” 5
2 United States v. Medina-Villa
ca9 · 2009
green “physical or psychological harm' in light of the age of the victim in question.” 5
3 Orozco v. Mukasey
ca9 · 2008
green “we do not examine the facts underlying the offense, but 'look only to the fact of conviction and the statutory definition of the prior offense.” 4
4 Cerezo v. Mukasey
ca9 · 2008
green “under the categorical approach, we 'compare the elements of the statute of conviction with a federal definition of the crime to determine whether conduct proscribed by the statute is broader than the generic federal definition.” 4
5 United States v. Rafael Baron-Medina
ca9 · 1999
green “interpreted the undefined term 'sexual abuse of a minor' by employing the ordinary, contemporary, and common meaning of the words that congress used.” 3

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