Woods v. Buss’s Empirical Analysis
496 F.3d 620 · 2007
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Farmer v. Brennan · Hope v. Pelzer · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Joelner v. Village of Washington Park · Goodman v. Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o prevail on a motion for a preliminary injunction, the moving party must demonstrate (1) a likelihood of success on the merits; (2) a lack of an adequate remedy at law; and (3) an irreparable harm [that] will result if the injunction is not granted. If the moving party meets the first three requirements, then the district court balances the relative harms that could be caused to either party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“rejected Woods’ claims on two grounds. First, it held that Woods had failed to demonstrate that Indiana’s lethal injection method violates the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Second, the district court held that the last minute nature of Woods’ claims strongly counseled against granting him relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lambert v. Buss
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.