Ward v. Utah’s Empirical Analysis
321 F.3d 1263 · 2003
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 26 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently August 2022 · most notably Bronson v. Swensen (2007), Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Walker (2006)
22 federal appellate · 26 district ·
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. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Warth v. Seldin · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Steffel v. Thompson · Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably affected with a constitutional interest, but proscribed by statute,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile a plaintiff who has been constitutionally injured can bring a § 1983 action to recover damages [retrospective relief], that same plaintiff cannot maintain a declaratory or injunctive action [prospective relief] unless he or she can demonstrate a good chance of being likewise injured in the future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To meet this standing requirement, a plaintiff must demonstrate 'that (1) he or she has suffered an injury in fact; (2) there is a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of; and (3) it is likely that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.'”
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.