Matul-Hernandez v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.3d 707 · 2012
Citation profile
13 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. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · ACOSTA · Ngure v. Ashcroft · 24 I. & N. Dec. 69 - A-M-E & J-G-U · Regalado-Garcia 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unwilling or unable to return to his home country 'because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia-Ramos v. Barr“the BIA adopted the findings [and] reasoning of the [immigration judge], we also review the [immigration judge's] decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burka v. Sessions“The Attorney General has discretion to grant asylum to a refugee.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mejia-Ramos v. Barr
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.