D.W. v. Poundstone’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the party opposing the class has acted or refused to act on grounds generally applicable to the class, thereby making appropriate final injunctive relief or corresponding declaratory relief with respect to the class as a whole.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. D.W., a Minor, by His Next Friend, M.J., on Behalf of D.W. And All Others Similarly Situated v. Virginia A. Rogers, in Her Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation · Dw Mj Dw v. A Rogers

2. “is triggered by the deprivation of physical liberty that generally results from commitment, not from the entry of a commitment order alone.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. D.W., a Minor, by His Next Friend, M.J., on Behalf of D.W. And All Others Similarly Situated v. Virginia A. Rogers, in Her Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Retardation · Dw Mj Dw v. A Rogers

3. “[d]ue to limited resources, it is common practice for DMH/MR to place a child who has been ordered committed on a waiting list until space becomes available in an appropriate state facility. As a result, DMH/MR often refrains from taking physical custody of a child at the time commitment is ordered, leaving the child with the parents or in private placement during the interim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. D.W. ex rel. M.J. v. Rogers