Finstuen v. Crutcher’s Empirical Analysis
496 F.3d 1139 · 2007
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 8 district · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Whitmore v. Arkansas
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“) (citing McElmoyle ex rel. Bailey v. Cohen, 13 Peters 312 , 325, 10 L.Ed. 177 (1839)). 34 .See, e.g., Hood v. McGehee, 237 U.S. 611 , 615, 35 S.Ct. 718 , 59 L.Ed. 1144 (1915) (“There is no failure to give full credit to the adoption of plaintiffs, in a provision denying them the right to inherit land in another State. Alabama is sole mistress of the devolution of Alabama land by descent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact” — an invasion of a legally protected interest that is both (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical. Second, there must be a causal connection between that injury and the challenged action of the defendant — the injury must be “fairly traceable” to the defendant, and not the result of the independent action of some third party. Finally, it must be likely, not merely speculative, that a favorable judgment will redress the plaintiffs injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he purpose of [the Clause] was to preserve rights acquired or confirmed under the ... judicial proceedings of one state by requiring recognition of their validity in other states_”) (quoting Pac. Emp’rs Ins. Co. v. Indus. Accident Comm'n of Cal., 306 U.S. 493, 501 , 59 S.Ct. 629 , 83 L.Ed. 940 (1939)); Magnolia Petroleum Co., 320 U.S. at 439 , 64 S.Ct. 208 (referring to the Clause as preserving judicially established”
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.