Uwase v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
349 F.3d 1039 · 2003
Citation profile
81
cited by 81 later decisions
May 2014
most recently cited
20 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Diallo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Chen Yun Gao v. Ashcroft · Georgis v. Ashcroft · Krouchevski 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The testimony of the applicant, if credible, may be sufficient to sustain the burden of proof without corroboration.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]orroborating evidence is essential to bolster an otherwise unconvincing case,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must be supported by specific, cogent reasons that bear a legitimate nexus to the finding.”
3 later decisions 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.