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Alcala v. Hernandez’s Empirical Analysis

826 F.3d 161 · 2016

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
October 2025
most recently cited

3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

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

Relies on Abbott v. Abbott · Friedrich v. Friedrich · United States v. Al-Hamdi · Miller v. Miller · Lops v. Lops

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 child's age; (2) the stability and duration of the child's residence in the new environment; (3) whether the child attends school or day care consistently; (4) whether the child has friends and relatives in the new area; (5) the child's participation in community or extracurricular school activities, such as team sports, youth groups, or school clubs; and (6) the respondent's employment and financial stability.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “the merits of any underlying child custody claims.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Hague Convention, Art. 13. The party objecting to the child's return must prove that this exception applies by a preponderance of the evidence. 22 U.S.C. § 9003 (e)(2)(B) (formerly 42 U.S.C. § 11630 (e)(2)(B) ). Notably, however, the Hague Convention provides that if a court finds that one of these exceptions applies, the court is”
    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.