Circuit split · immigration law
Whether an alien who is persecuted based purely on economic actions taken by private actors is eligible for asylum
1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.
- Agbuya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service241 F3D 1224
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · July 18, 2000
“In holding that an alien who is persecuted based purely on economic actions taken in the private sector is eligible for asylum, the majority creates a split among the circuits.” — Acknowledges a circuit split
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The other side of the split
Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.
- On the other side · 7th Cir.Cuevas v. INS43 F.3d 1167
“The majority’s holding is inconsistent with the Seventh Circuit’s opinion in Cuevas v.” — Agbuya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service, acknowledging the split
What the split turns on
Cases are grouped by the legal question they announce a split on, classified from the court's own acknowledgment sentence. Verified acknowledgments only. Counter-side decisions are extracted from the acknowledging opinions' own text and linked only when the citation resolves in this corpus. See all circuit splits.