Tolosa v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
384 F.3d 906 · 2004
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
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. Elias-Zacarias · Chen Yun Gao v. Ashcroft · Georgis v. Ashcroft · Niam v. Ashcroft · Ahmed 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A petitioner's experience of past persecution gives rise to a rebuttable presumption that she will face future persecution.”
1 later decision 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.