Sarhan v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
658 F.3d 649 · 2011
Citation profile
24 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1231 · 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))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · ACOSTA · Khalili v. Holder · S-E-G
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[The applicant] faces death because of a widely-held social norm in Jordan -- a norm that imposes behavioral obligations on her and permits [male persecutors] to enforce them in the most drastic way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ferreira v. Garland“inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. W.G.A. v. Sessions
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.