Foster v. Carson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 federal appellate · 3 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If there is no longer a possibility that an appellant can obtain relief for his claim, that claim is moot and must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 816 F. Supp. 2d 831 - Moeller v. Taco Bell Corp. · 362 F. Supp. 3d 843 - Johnson v. Oishi

2. “Plaintiffs do not establish a reasonable expectation that they will be subjected to the challenged action again in the future. The only fact in the record before us that supports this claim is that it happened once. The mere fact that a similar order from the Chief Justice might someday issue does not establish a “reasonable expectation” that such an order will issue. We have held that a mere possibility that something might happen is too remote to keep alive a case as an active controversy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Atlas Brew Works, LLC v. Barr · United States v. Dunshee

3. “We do not have the constitutional authority to decide moot cases.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bd. of Trs. of the Glazing Health & Welfare Trust v. Chambers · Gatorcom Corp v. Ll Bean Inc