L-S’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1229A (§ 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Mohammed v. Gonzales · Kazlauskas v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Ngarurih v. Ashcroft · Pllumi v. Attorney General of the United States · Hamida v. Gonzales
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unable or unwilling to return to ... [his native] country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Singh v. Barr“compelling reasons for being unwilling or unable to return to the country arising out of the severity of the past persecution”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Singh v. Barr“a reasonable possibility that he or she may suffer other serious harm upon removal to that country.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.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.