Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs & Washington Legal Foundation v. Von Eschenbach’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 8 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “established procedures designed to expedite the development, evaluation, and marketing of new therapies intended to treat persons with life-threatening and severely-debilitating illnesses, especially where no satisfactory alternative therapy exists.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach · Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach

2. “colonial days, and long afterward, consumers ... were their own food and drug inspectors,””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach · Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach

3. “It cannot be disputed that the Due Process Clause protects an interest in life as well as an interest in refusing life-saving medical treatment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Von Eschenbach