N.L.A. v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
744 F.3d 425 · 2014
Citation profile
16 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 Dia v. Ashcroft · ACOSTA · Xiaoguang Gu v. Gonzales · Ranjit John Singh v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Cordoba v. Holder
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“proved that they would follow through on their threats by killing the uncle and kidnapping the father-the gravest harms possible.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because the FARC backs them up with acts of violence when its demands are not met,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is an error of law to assume that an applicant cannot be entitled to asylum if she has demonstrated the ability to escape persecution ... by trying to remain undetected”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Singh 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.