Vasquez v. Rackauckas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions

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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Determining whether an individual is an active gang member presents a considerable risk of error. The informal structure of gangs, the often fleeting nature of gang membership, and the lack of objective criteria in making the assessment all heighten the need for careful factfinding.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Saravia ex rel. A.H. v. Sessions · Diaz Ortiz v. Garland

2. “first, the private interest that will be affected by the official action; second, the risk of an erroneous deprivation of such interest through the procedures used, and the probable value, if any, of additional or substitute procedural safeguards; and finally, the Government’s interest, including the function involved and the fiscal and administrative burdens that the additional or substitute procedural requirement would entail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Archer v. Gipson · 152 F. Supp. 3d 1269 - Warkentine v. Soria

3. “[A] court’s discretion to deny fees under § 1988 is very narrow and ... fee awards should be the rule rather than the exception.” (alterations in original) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)); De Jesús Nazario v. Morris Rodríguez, 554 F.3d 196 , 200 (1st Cir.2009) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Sanchez v. City of Austin · Rodolfo Sanchez v. Art Acevedo