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622 F.3d 1007 · 2010

Citation profile

329
cited by 329 later decisions
February 2025
most recently cited

9 federal appellate ·

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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 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 · National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · United States v. Locke · Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Iturribarria v. Immigration & Naturalization Service

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “The term 'refugee' means ... any person a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion....”). Likewise, to be eligible for withholding of removal, an applicant must demonstrate that his”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.