Mova Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
140 F.3d 1060 · 1998
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 156 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 279 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. England (2006), Valley Drug Company v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals Inc (2003)
66 federal appellate · 156 district · 5 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 12 U.S.C. § 1759 · 21 U.S.C. § 355 (Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. Camp · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation
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 279 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) a substantial likelihood of success on the merits, (2) that it would suffer irreparable injury if the injunction is not granted, (3) that an injunction would not substantially injure other interested parties, and (4) that the public interest would be furthered by the injunction.”
33 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(I) that such patent information has not been filed, (II) that such patent has expired, (III) ... the date on which such patent will expire, or (IV) that such patent is invalid or will not be infringed by the manufacture, use, or sale of the new drug for which the application is submitted.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“who in practice can be expected to police the interests that the statute protects.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.