Decky v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
587 F.3d 104 · 2009
Citation profile
20 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. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on United States v. Zannino · Bocova v. Gonzales · Guzman v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Begzatowski v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Wan Chien Kho v. Keisler
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“demonstrat[e] 'a pattern or practice in his or her country of nationality ... of persecution of a group of persons similarly situated to the applicant on account of' a protected ground.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'credible, direct, and specific' evidence supporting a fear of individualized persecution in the future”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“rise above unpleasantness, harassment, and even basic suffering.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pojoy-Deleon 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.