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12 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 587 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 Fedaa Al Najjar v. John Ashcroft.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedaa Al Najjar v. John Ashcroft Anchor | green | “supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” | 97 |
| 2 | Fedaa Al Najjar v. John Ashcroft | green | “must affirm the bia's decision if it is supported by reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence on the record considered as a whole.” | 96 |
| 3 | Fedaa Al Najjar v. John Ashcroft | green | “insofar as the bia adopts the ij's reasoning, we will review the ij's decision as well.” | 79 |
| 4 | Sergio Leonel Mendoze v. U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “to reverse the ij's fact findings, we must find that the record not only supports reversal, but compels it.” | 78 |
| 5 | Joana C. Sepulveda v. U.S. Atty. Gen. | green | “persecution is an extreme concept, requiring more than a few isolated incidents of verbal harassment or intimidation, and that mere harassment does not amount to persecution.” | 46 |
| 6 | Albert Adefemi v. John Ashcroft | green | “only when the record compels a reversal; the mere fact that the record may support a contrary conclusion is not enough to justify a reversal of the administrative findings.” | 41 |
| 7 | Anibal S. Mazariegos v. Office of the U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “re-weighing the evidence from scratch.” | 37 |
| 8 | Sergio Leonel Mendoze v. U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “an alien bears the burden of demonstrating that he more-likely-than-not would be persecuted or tortured upon his return to the country in question.” | 29 |
| 9 | Anibal S. Mazariegos v. Office of the U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “must be upheld if it is supported by substantial evidence.” | 27 |
| 10 | Sergio Leonel Mendoze v. U.S. Attorney General, Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “we must find that the record not only supports reversal, but compels it.” | 26 |
| 11 | Jose Adalberto Perlera-Escobar, A/K/A Santos Tirso Rodrigues v. Executive Office for Immigration, and Immigration and Naturalization Service | green | “even a clear probability that an alien's life is threatened without any indication that the basis of the threat is related to a statutorily enumerated ground is insufficient to establish eligibility for relief.” | 5 |
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.