Alcocer v. Mills’s Empirical Analysis
906 F.3d 944 · 2018
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Graham v. Connor · Pearson v. Callahan · United States v. Brignoni-Ponce
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“facts that might have underpinned the conclusion that Alcocer was in the United States illegally were not a part of the probable cause that supported Alcocer's original detention ... independent probable cause was required to warrant Alcocer's continued detention after she had satisfied all conditions of her bond on her original detention.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“After Alcocer satisfied the bond requirements, the [ ] County jail continued to detain her because jail officers became suspicious that she might be present illegally in the United States”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the district court concluded that Alcocer remained incarcerated because Defendants engaged in a second detention of her for being an illegally present alien.”
2 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.