Allegheny Energy, Inc. v. DQE, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
171 F.3d 153 · 1999
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Andrx Corp. (2004), South Camden Citizens v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (2001)
28 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 1652 (Rules of Decision Act)
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · American Civil Liberties Union v. Black Horse Pike Regional Board of Education · GOLDMAN v. McShain
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the movant has shown a reasonable probability of success on the merits; (2) whether the movant will be irreparably injured by denial of the relief; (3) whether granting preliminary relief will result in even greater harm to the nonmoving party; and (4) whether granting the preliminary relief will be in the public interest.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether granting preliminary relief will result in even greater harm to the nonmoving party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an abuse of discretion, a clear error of law, or a clear mistake on the facts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Charles Crissman · Crissman
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.