25 I. & N. Dec. 526 - N-M’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
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))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Zhang v. Gonzales · Parussimova v. Mukasey · Borja v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & 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 her application] that she fear[ed] torture upon return to [her home country] . . . and presented some evidence to support that claim at her hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Molina-Diaz v. Rosen“any direct or circumstantial evidence that the alleged persecutor was motivated by the alien's perceived or actual anticorruption beliefs,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Singh v. Barr“direct ties between the corrupt elements and higher level officials.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Singh v. Barr
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.