Ishitiaq v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
578 F.3d 712 · 2009
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 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. § 1231 (§ 241 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 · Shamsher Singh v. Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, and Brian R. Perryman, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service · Vasile v. Gonzales · Toptchev v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Amin Meghani v. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Janet Reno
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“punishment or the infliction of harm for political, religious, or other reasons that this country does not recognize as legitimate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Arrazabal v. Barr
How this case has been treated — in progress
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