Khem v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
342 F.3d 51 · 2003
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Albathani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Alvarez-Flores v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · El Moraghy v. Ashcroft
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.
“who was a paid fundraiser for the party, did not make public speeches, and never held party office; substantial evidence supported IJ's conclusion that she had not demonstrated a well-founded fear of persecution). Nor does their friendship with Buntha establish that his opinions or membership in the CFF would be imputed to them. See id. at 53 (no evidence that petitioner herself would be targeted because of her husband's political beliefs). While petitioners argue that the Board”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sou v. Gonzales“unable or unwilling to return to, and [be] unable or unwilling to avail himself [] of the protection of [the country of his nationality or, if he has no nationality, the country in which he last habitually resided] because of persecution or a 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 majoritye.g. Sou v. Gonzales“[C]ountry conditions reports do not document persecution of low-level party members....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sou 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.