Tegegn v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
702 F.3d 1142 · 2013
Citation profile
5 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))
Relies on Kyaw Zwar Tun v. United States Immigration & Naturalization Service · Feleke v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Eta-Ndu v. Gonzales · Makonnen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Singh v. Gonzales
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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 majority“An applicant who establishes past persecution is presumed to have a well-founded fear of persecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Persecution is an extreme concept that does not encompass low-level intimidation and harassment.”
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.