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891 F.3d 42 · 2018

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
July 2020
most recently cited

3 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 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 Janet Reno, Attorney General v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee et al. · Saintha v. Mukasey · Mukamusoni v. Ashcroft · Balogun v. Ashcroft · Soondar Mahadeo Janet Reno Steve Farquharson and Doris Meissner

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

  1. “inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “more likely than not that he or she would be tortured if removed to the proposed country of removal.”
    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.