Journal v. Keisler’s Empirical Analysis
507 F.3d 9 · 2007
Citation profile
16 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently April 2025
16 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. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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 · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · Laeila Nelson Stephanie Nelson Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Bocova v. Gonzales · Nikijuluw v. Gonzales
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether alleged incidents rise to the level of persecution, one important factor is whether 'the mistreatment can be said to be systematic rather than reflective of a series of isolated incidents.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we apply a two-part test entailing both subjective and objective elements”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“provide[] an explanation for his continued fears”
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.