Martínez-Pérez v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
897 F.3d 33 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Bocova v. Gonzales · Juan Antonio Morales v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Topalli v. Gonzales · López-Castro v. Holder · A-B
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.
“because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a certain level of serious harm (whether past or anticipated), a sufficient nexus between that harm and government action or inaction, and a causal connection to one of the statutorily protected grounds”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“meaning we accept the findings 'as long as they are supported by reasonable, substantial and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.'”
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.