Escobar v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
657 F.3d 537 · 2011
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. § 1227 (§ 237 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))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · United States v. Mead Corp. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he Board has described it as a group whose members share 'common characteristics that members of the group either cannot change, or should not be required to change because such characteristics are fundamental to their individual identities,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Melnik v. Sessions“Our duty at this stage is to uphold the Board's determination if it is supported by substantial evidence [that is] ... reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ruano v. Barr“because of their anti-FARC views and actions, have collaborated with law enforcement and refused to cooperate with FARC.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Melnik v. Sessions
How this case has been treated — in progress
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