Avitabile v. Beach’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “(1) a likelihood of irreparable harm; (2) either a likelihood of success on the merits or sufficiently serious questions as to the merits plus a balance of hardships that tips decidedly in their favor (3) that the balance of hardships tips in their favor regardless of the likelihood of success; and (4) that an injunction is in the public interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Swartz

2. “[D]istrict courts in this Circuit have continually chosen to apply 'intermediate scrutiny to general challenges under the Second Amendment, even when reviewing statutes or laws that may restrict the possession of [weapons] in the home.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Weinstein v. Krumpter

3. “); see also Avitabile , 277 F.Supp.3d at 333 ("These two Supreme Court decisions managed to upset an entire area of constitutional law without offering much in the way of guidance to the lower courts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Avitabile v. Beach