Mayo v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
317 F.3d 867 · 2003
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1152 (§ 202 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))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Rusu v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Hartooni v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Paramasamy v. Ashcroft · Texas v. New Mexico
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that `an immigration judge is in the best position to mak~ credibility findings because he [or she] sees the witness as the testimony is given.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ismail v. Ashcroft“a court of appeals, except in rare circumstances, 'should remand a case to an agency for decision of a matter that statutes place primarily in agency hands'”
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.