Does v. Mills’s Empirical Analysis
2021
Citation profile
7 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Maine District Court)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1985
Relies on Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · Sherbert v. Verner · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. L Smith
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]nsufficiency of savings or difficulties in immediately obtaining other employment -- external factors common to most discharged employees and not attributable to any unusual actions relating to the discharge itself -- will not support a finding of irreparable injury, however severely they may affect a particular individual.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“money damages ordinarily provide an appropriate remedy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.”
1 later decision 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.