Dhine v. Slattery’s Empirical Analysis
3 F.3d 613 · 1993
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably Osorio v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (1994), Zhen Tau Liu v. Waters (1995)
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 1153 (§ 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Miranda · Parham v. J. L. · Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc. · Kapcia 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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 passage · from the majority“Seven convictions over seven years—even seven misdemeanors—easily furnish a rational basis for the Attorney General's exercise of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gutnik v. Gonzales“decide whether or not the INS considered the appropriate factors and came to a decision that has any rational basis.”
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.