Cruz v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
853 F.3d 122 · 2017
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 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. § 1182 (§ 212 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 Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Camara v. Ashcroft · Ngarurih v. Ashcroft · Crespin-Valladares v. Holder · Hernandez-Avalos v. Lynch
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Hernandez's relationship to her son is why she, and not another person, was threatened with death if she did not allow him to join [a gang], and the gang members' demands leveraged her maternal authority to control her son's activities.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“incidental, tangential, superficial, or subordinate to another reason for harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“manifestly contrary to law and an abuse of discretion.”
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.