Ameritech Corp. v. McCann’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “`whether the declaratory judgment imposes upon the State a monetary loss resulting from a past breach of a legal duty on the part of defendant state officials'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. In Re: Sandra Ann Chambers, Debtor-Appellee, Appeal Of: Sylvia Manning, Not Individually, but in Her Capacity as Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago · Chambers

2. “do not seek to conform the State's conduct to federal law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hatfill v. Gonzales · 369 F. Supp. 3d 848 - Nisi v. Brown

3. “[defendant] also suggests that [plaintiffs] lawsuit cannot proceed because it impermissibly burdens the state’s sovereign interest in law enforcement. In doing so, [defendant] urges this court — ■ like the district court — to examine the underlying nature of [plaintiffs] suit and its concomitant impact on the State’s sovereign interests. While the Supreme Court in a relatively recent Eleventh Amendment case seemed to advocate this balancing approach, see Coeur d’Alene, 521 U.S. at 267-80 , 117 S.Ct. 2028 (principal opinion of Kennedy, J., joined by Rehnquist, C. J.), a majority of the Court in [Verizon Maryland ] rejected it in favor of the straightforward inquiry described above.... As a result, we need not assess the precise nature of the State’s sovereign interest in law enforcement — so long as [plaintiffs] complaint seeks prospective injunctive relief to cure an ongoing violation of federal law, the Eleventh Amendment poses no bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 755 F. Supp. 2d 556 - American Express Travel Related Services Co. v. Sidamon-Eristoff