Kone v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.3d 141 · 2010
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 Xue Hong Yang v. United States Department of Justice · Shi Liang Lin v. United States Department of Justice · Bah v. Mukasey · Lin Zhong v. United States Department of Justice · Corovic v. Mukasey
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While return trips may provide some evidence of a relevant change in circumstances, they do not supply the requisite preponderance of evidence. The government cannot satisfy its burden to demonstrate that [petitioner] will not be threatened simply by showing that she enjoyed periods with no new persecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the alien's life or freedom would be threatened in that country because of the alien's race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gao v. Sessions“because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gao v. Sessions
How this case has been treated — in progress
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