Brucaj v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
381 F.3d 602 · 2004
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
June 2013
most recently cited
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Georgis v. Ashcroft · Kaczmarczyk v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · CHEN · Niam v. Ashcroft · Lopez-Galarza 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the record compels a contrary result.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“as a matter of discretion for humanitarian reasons if the alien has suffered ... `atrocious forms of persecution.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there may be cases where the favorable exercise of discretion is warranted ... even if there is little likelihood of future persecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kllokoqi 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.