Yadegar-Sargis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service’s Empirical Analysis
297 F.3d 596 · 2002
Citation profile
25 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Fedaa al Najjar Mazen al Najjar v. John Ashcroft Attorney General US Department of Justice · Saideh Fisher v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Fatin v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · ACOSTA · Abedini v. U.S. 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“because of ... a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“detention, arrest, interrogation, prosecution, imprisonment, illegal searches, confiscation of property, surveillance, beatings, or torture.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“confronted by police because her dress did not conform to the requirements imposed by the dominant religion, interrogated concerning her son and forced to the end of rationing lines. However, [the applicant] never was detained; she was not physically assaulted; she did not suffer extreme economic deprivation; nor was she the direct subject of a physical threat.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.