Tarraf v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis
495 F.3d 525 · 2007
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Loho v. Mukasey (2008), Kadia v. Gonzales (2007)
13 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 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. Stevic · Lopez-Reyes v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Capric v. Ashcroft · Dandan v. Ashcroft · Balogun 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] proposition that any voluntary return to one’s home country renders any claim regarding past and future persecution incredible would be far too broad a proposition to serve as a working rule for assessing an alien’s testimony. Although we have recognized that return travel might be an appropriate factor weighing against an alien’s credible fear, each case must be considered in light of its own specific facts. There well may be circumstances when a person who legitimately fears persecution nevertheless might elect to return temporarily to his home country. Health conditions made worse abroad, health condition of family members and other major life events might drive a person to choose to take certain risks and return home, while doing his best to mitigate them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kone v. Holder“[t]here well may be circumstances when a person who legitimately fears persecution nevertheless might elect to return temporarily to his home country”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Al Amiri v. Rosen“health conditions of family members and other major life events might drive a person to choose to take certain risks”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Al Amiri v. Rosen
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.