Maroufi v. Immigration & Naturalization Service’s Empirical Analysis
772 F.2d 597 · 1985
Citation profile
40 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu (1988), Gil Ilano v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
40 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 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. § 1254 (§ 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda · Bolanos-Hernandez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Ahwazi v. Immigration and Naturalization Service Sahabandu
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless it finds [the facts asserted] to be 'inherently unbelievable.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A prima facie case is established when an alien presents 'affidavits or other evidentiary material,' 8 C.F.R. Sec. 103.5, which, if true, would satisfy the requirements for substantive relief.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“conclusory and speculative inferences drawn from generalized events.”
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.