Sharari v. Gonzáles’s Empirical Analysis
407 F.3d 467 · 2005
Citation profile
51 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Mendoza v. U.S. Attorney General · Fatin v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Abdul Hakeem v. Immigration and 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An applicant who has not suffered past persecution may demonstrate that his or her life or freedom would be threatened in the future in a country if he or she can establish that it is more likely than not that he or she would be persecuted on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion upon removal to that country.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An immigration judge, like other judicial officers, possesses broad (though not uncabined) discretion over the conduct of trial proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o qualify as persecution, a person's experience must rise above unpleasantness, harassment, and even basic suffering.”
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.