Kourski v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
355 F.3d 1038 · 2004
Citation profile
62
cited by 62 later decisions
April 2015
most recently cited
33 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Abdulai v. Ashcroft · Qiu v. Ashcroft · Shabanali Ladha v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Georgis v. Ashcroft · Mulanga 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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The testimony of the applicant [for asylum], if credible, may be sufficient to sustain the burden of proof without corroboration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here is a gaping hole in the reasoning of the board and the immigration judge,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“its existence does not undermine his credibility, though it deprives his testimony of the extra boost to credibility that it would have if it were corroborated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hanaj 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.