Hernandez v. Sessions’s Empirical Analysis
872 F.3d 976 · 2017
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1226 (§ 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Elrod v. Burns · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Padilla v. Kentucky
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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is well established that the deprivation of constitutional rights unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the private interest at issue here is 'fundamental': freedom from imprisonment is at the 'core of the liberty protected by the Due Process Clause.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[T]he government's discretion to incarcerate non-citizens is always constrained by the requirements of due process.”
3 later decisions 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.