Planned Parenthood Assn. of Kansas City, Mo., Inc. v. Ashcroft’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
127 federal appellate · 46 district · 55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 366 later decisions (16 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey (1992), City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (1983)
127 federal appellate · 46 district · 55 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Roe v. Wade · Branti v. Finkel · United States v. Dionisio · Doe v. Bolton
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 366 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The notice of intent to appeal shall be given within twenty-four hours from the date of issuance of the order. The record on appeal shall be perfected within five days from the filing of notice to appeal. Because time may be of the essence regarding the performance of the abortion, the supreme court of this state shall, by court rule, provide for expedited appellate review of cases appealed under this section.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[wa]s mature and capable of giving informed consent and ha[d] in fact given her informed consent, or that an abortion would be in her best interests.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[w]here fairly possible, courts should construe a statute to avoid a danger of unconstitutionality.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.