Ge v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis

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29 federal appellate ·

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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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “aspects of the petitioner's testimony, none of which was any more speculative than those findings upheld in Malhi and Singh-Kaur. In Ge, the 25 IJ did not believe [petitioner's] testimony regarding the loss of his job at the government-owned shipping company after his wife's second unauthorized pregnancy, reasoning that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jibril v. Gonzales

2. “reasons). 32 An overall review of Mr. Singh's testimony reveals that the IJ's adverse credibility determination is not supported by substantial evidence, and compels reversal of the BIA's order affirming the IJ's decision. 33 * The IJ also found Mr. Singh's claim implausible on the merits. A finding that testimony is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Singh v. Gonzales

3. “if the government was so concerned about the respondent's violation of the one-child policy, they [sic] surely would have taken [employment] action against respondent at the time [of the first unauthorized pregnancy].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jibril v. Gonzales