Flores v. Lynch’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.3d 898 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 6 U.S.C. § 111 · 6 U.S.C. § 279 · 8 U.S.C. § 1232 · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Reno v. Flores · Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland · Horne v. Flores · Miller v. Safeco Title Insurance
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Settlement does not explicitly provide any rights to adults. The fact that the Settlement grants class members a right to preferential release to a parent over others does not mean that the government must also make a parent available; it simply means that, if available, a parent is the first choice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In fact, the context of the Flores Settlement argues against this result: the Settlement was the product of litigation in which unaccompanied minors argued that release to adults other than their parents was preferable to remaining in custody until their parents could come get them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[f]ollowing arrest, the INS shall hold minors in facilities that are safe and sanitary and that are consistent with the INS's concern for the particular vulnerability of minors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Flores v. Barr
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.