Loja-Tene v. Barr’s Empirical Analysis
2020
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1105A (§ 106 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))
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Aguilar-Solis v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Lenn v. Portland School Committee · Romilus v. Ashcroft · Lopez de Hincapie v. Gonzales
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the immigration context, judicial review typically focuses on the final decision of the BIA.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he mere fact that [a family] received threats as a family unit, without more, 'does not convert [a] non-protected criminal motivation into persecution on the basis of family connections.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he statutorily protected ground need not be the sole factor driving the alleged persecution . . . .”
3 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.