Silva v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis
463 F.3d 68 · 2006
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Figueroa v. Mukasey (2008), Singh v. Mukasey (2008)
23 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 6 U.S.C. § 291 · 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Makhoul v. Ashcroft · Rodriguez-Ramirez v. Ashcroft · Olujoke v. Gonzáles
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We must uphold the BIA's decision 'unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]actual findings, including credibility determinations . . . under the familiar substantial evidence standard.”
2 later decisions 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.