Velasquez v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
316 F.3d 31 · 2002
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105 (§ 105 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Laeila Nelson Stephanie Nelson Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Ravindran v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Javier Bernal-Vallejo 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he fact that close relatives continue to live peacefully in the alien's homeland undercuts the alien's claim that persecution awaits his return.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he objective component requires showing by `credible, direct and specific evidence' that this fear is reasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sou v. Gonzales“a petitioner unable to satisfy the asylum standard fails, a fortiori, to satisfy the former”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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