Reyes v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
842 F.3d 1125 · 2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 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 Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“confusion and a lack of consistency as adjudicators struggled with various possible social groups, some of which appeared to be created exclusively for asylum purposes.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the BIA's reasoning reflects an appreciation of the need to distinguish between the showing an applicant must make in order to demonstrate membership in a 'particular social group' and the showing that is necessary to demonstrate that he was persecuted, or fears persecution, 'on account of' that membership.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“due, in part, to the fact that the distinction between government informants who had been compensated for their services and those who acted out of civic motives was not sufficient to carve out a particular”
2 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.