3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 16 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ucelo-Gomez v. Mukasey Anchor | green | “when the harm visited upon members of a group is attributable to the incentives presented to ordinary criminals rather than to persecution, the scales are tipped away from considering those people a 'particular social group' within the meaning of the ina.” | 10 |
| 2 | Niang v. Ashcroft | green | “the supreme court has instructed that the bia should be accorded chevron deference as it gives ambiguous statutory terms concrete meaning through a process of case-by-case adjudication.” | 3 |
| 3 | E-A-G | green | “there is no showing that membership in a larger body of persons resistant to gangs is of concern to anyone in honduras, including the gangs themselves, or that individuals who are part of that body of persons are seen as a segment of the population in any meaningful respect.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.