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· 1/22/1992

Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias

Citations

  • 502 U.S. 478
  • 112 S. Ct. 812
  • 117 L. Ed. 2d 38
  • 1992 U.S. LEXIS 550

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that on appeal a petitioner must come forward with such compelling evidence of her persecutors’ motives that no reasonable factfinder would rule against her
  • “To reverse the BIA finding we must find that the evidence not only supports that conclusion, but compels it.”
  • For the court “[t]o reverse the BIA finding we must find that the evidence, not only supports [reversal], but compels it.” (emphasis in original)

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Judges: Scalia, Rehnquist, White, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Stevens, Blackmun, O'Connor

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