Barsoum v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
617 F.3d 73 · 2010
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · Laeila Nelson Stephanie Nelson Phil Nelson v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Bocova v. Gonzales · Zhang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Olujoke v. Gonzáles
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The severity, duration, and frequency of physical abuse are factors relevant to this determination, as is whether harm is systematic rather than reflective of a series of isolated incidents.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gao v. Barr“injuries to the face and head, requiring hospitalization, a blood transfusion, and plastic surgery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“not established that the police were actually unable or unwilling to protect him”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.