Gateway Eastern Railway Co. v. Terminal Railroad’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No restraining order or preliminary injunction shall issue except upon the giving of security by the applicant, in such sum as the court deems proper, for the payment of such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by any party who is found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Curtis 1000, Inc. v. Youngblade · SMC Corp., Ltd. v. LOCKJAW, LLC

2. “We have stated that showing injury to goodwill can constitute irreparable harm that is not compensable by an award of money damages.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pp Incorporated v. K McCumber · P.P. & K., Incorporated, an Illinois Corporation v. Judith K. McCumber Individually and Doing Business as Convenient Food Mart 581, and Cather Grocery, Incorporated, Doing Business as Convenient Food Mart 581, an Illinois Corporation

3. ““the court must then determine how likely that success is, because this affects the balance of relative harms.... The more likely the plaintiff is to win, the less heavily need the balance of harms weigh in his favor; the less likely he is to win, the more need it weigh in his favor.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 881 F. Supp. 1160 - Grethe v. TRUSTMARK INS. CO.(MUT.) · 940 F. Supp. 217 - Pabst Brewing Co., Inc. v. Corrao