Stevic v. Sava’s Empirical Analysis
678 F.2d 401 · 1982
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Giova v. Rosenberg · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Wong Wing Hang v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a clear probability of persecution”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Attorney General shall not deport any alien ... to a country if the Attorney General determines that such alien's life or freedom would be threatened in such country on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“of a well-founded fear of persecution. In Stevic, the petitioner filed a motion to reopen his deportation proceedings based on a claim of persecution under section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1253(h). The BIA denied the motion on the ground that Stevic had failed to present a claim containing a prima facie showing of”
3 later decisions 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.