Thomas v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
359 F.3d 1169 · 2004
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · Falcon Carriche v. Ashcroft · Nagoulko v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Sangha 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Threats of violence and death are enough to constitute persecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Javhlan v. Holder
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.