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Hernandez v. Pena’s Empirical Analysis

820 F.3d 782 · 2016

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
June 2025
most recently cited

5 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 22 U.S.C. § 9001 · 22 U.S.C. § 9003 · 22 U.S.C. § 9007

Relies on Abbott v. Abbott · Friedrich v. Friedrich · Chafin v. Chafin · 134 S. Ct. 1224 - Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · England v. England

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

  1. “(1) the age of the child; (2) the stability of the child’s residence in the new environment; (3) whether the child attends school or day care consistently; (4) whether the child attends church [or participates in other community or extracurricular school activities] regularly; (5) the respondent’s employment and financial stability; (6) whether the child has friends and relatives in the new area; and (7) the immigration status of the child and the respondent.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “considered in light of evidence ... concerning the child's contacts with and ties to his or her State of habitual residence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “at some point a child may become so settled in a new environment that return is no longer in the child's best interests.”
    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.