Cooke v. Mukasey’s Empirical Analysis
538 F.3d 899 · 2008
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1254A (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Perinpanathan v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Feleke v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Regalado-Garcia v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Kratchmarov v. Heston · Alemu 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will not overturn the agency's decision unless ... the evidence ... is so compelling 'that no reasonable fact finder could fail to find the requisite fear of persecution.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Degbe v. Sessions · Godinez v. Barr
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.