Lopez-Galarza v. Immigration & Naturalization Service’s Empirical Analysis
99 F.3d 954 · 1996
Citation profile
77 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 138 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably Silaya v. Mukasey (2008), Zubeda v. Ashcroft (2003)
77 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · Saideh Fisher v. Immigration and Naturalization Service · Prasad v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · Acewicz v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a showing by credible, direct, and specific evidence of facts supporting a reasonable fear of persecution on the relevant ground.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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. " Id. "A well-founded fear of future persecution may be established by proving either past persecution or `good reason' to fear future persecution.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must present some evidence, direct or circumstantial, of the persecutor's motive.”
4 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.