Ciorba v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
323 F.3d 539 · 2003
Citation profile
38 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Mitev v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Zalega v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Marquez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Teodor Tamas-Mercea v. Janet Reno and the Immigration and Naturalization Service · Balazoski 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cannot rely solely on the persecution of her family members to qualify for asylum.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“detention, arrest, interrogation, prosecution, imprisonment, illegal searches, confiscation of property, surveillance, beatings, [] torture,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“show that [his] family’s political opinions have been imputed to [him] and that [he] has suffered or will suffer persecution as a result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Akhtar v. Gonzales
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.