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807 F.3d 1123 · 2015

Citation profile

26
cited by 26 later decisions
September 2023
most recently cited

3 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Martinez-Serrano v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Gonzales v. Thomas · ACOSTA · M-E-V-G · 19 I. & N. Dec. 439 - MOGARRABI

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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The IJ's characterization misapprehended [the petitioner]'s complaint .... The BIA did not address this social group claim-a failure that constitutes error and requires remand.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the family remains the quintessential particular social group.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  3. “on account of th[eir] familial relationship”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.