Chen Qin v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
833 F.3d 40 · 2016
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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 Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Rodriguez-Ramirez v. Ashcroft · Marquez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Balazoski v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Mediouni v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e view persecution as encompassing not only death and imprisonment, but [also] the well-founded fear of non-life[-]threatening violence and physical abuse.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cabas v. Barr · Paye v. Garland“life or freedom would be threatened in [China] - 12 - because of [his] race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Gao v. Barr“demonstrates that [he] can relocate safely,”
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.