RODRIGUEZ-MAJANO’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2020
13 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1251 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1253 (§ 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Fedorenko v. United States · Rodriguez-Rivera v. U.S. Department of Immigration & Naturalization · Stead Motors of Walnut Creek v. Automotive Machinists Lodge No International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers · Martinez-Romero v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In analyzing a claim of persecution in the context of a civil war, one must examine the motivation of the group threatening harm .... Harm resulting from generalized civil strife is not persecution. Martinez-Romero v. INS, 692 F.2d 595 (9th Cir.1982).... [T]hose who inflict such harm are not engaging in persecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“drove supplies to San Miguel for a battle with the government forces which lasted a day and a half. He also transported the guerrillas out of the city. . . . He accompanied guerrillas on propaganda trips and once covered them with his weapon while they burned cars.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is the objective effect of an alien's actions which is controlling.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.