Romero v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
2019
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1232 · 8 U.S.C. § 1255 (§ 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Addington v. Texas · Nesbit v. Government Employees Insurance · Walter v. Gunter · Attorney Grievance Commission v. Thompson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a court located in the United States having jurisdiction under State law to make judicial determinations about the custody and care of juveniles.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“back to the care of a father who has never fulfilled any day-to-day role in the support, care, and supervision during the boy's lifetime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]rial judges are not gatekeepers tasked with determining the legitimacy of SIJ petitions; that is exclusively the job of USCIS.”
1 later decision 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.