Flores v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
862 F.3d 863 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 6 U.S.C. § 111 · 6 U.S.C. § 279 · 6 U.S.C. § 552 · 8 U.S.C. § 1232
Relies on Reno v. Flores · Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail · Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · System Federation No. 91 v. Wright · Girouard v. United States
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.
“[a] child shall not be placed in a secure facility absent a determination that the child poses a danger to self or others or has been charged with having committed a criminal offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“specifically address ORR's responsibility for their care and placement while in government custody, but not the procedures for determining whether they should remain in such custody.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the government must still identify a safe and secure placement into which the child can be released.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.