Morales v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
860 F.3d 812 · 2017
Citation profile
1 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. § 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 Mikhailevitch v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Zubeda v. Ashcroft · Efe v. Ashcroft · Wang v. Holder · Roy v. Ashcroft
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Torture is defined as any act by which severe pain or suffering ... is intentionally inflicted on a person' ... with the acquiescence of a public official.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“may not remove an alien to a country in which the alien is more likely than not to be tortured.”
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.