Lenjinac v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
780 F.3d 852 · 2015
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1227 (§ 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Selimi v. Ashcroft · Rashiah v. Ashcroft · Pavlyk v. Gonzales · Wanjiru v. Holder · Ward 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[R]eports that torture occurs in a foreign country ... are insufficient bases for relief without evidence that the petitioner will be tortured if he returns.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barry 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.