Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
174 federal appellate · 60 district · 106 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 536 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2022 · most notably United States v. Booker (2004), Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. P Casey P Casey (1992)
174 federal appellate · 60 district · 106 state decisions — followed in 17 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
reviewedAkron Center for Reproductive Health v. Slaby (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Santosky v. Kramer · Roe v. Wade · Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al.
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 536 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]ecause appellees are making a facial challenge to a statute, they must show that no set of circumstances exists under which the Act would be valid”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Clear and convincing evidence is that measure or degree of proof which will produce in the mind of the trier of facts a firm belief or conviction as to the allegations sought to be established. It is intermediate, being more than a mere preponderance, but not to the extent of such certainty as is required beyond a reasonable doubt as in criminal cases. It does not mean clear and unequivocal.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Kohn v. Comm'r · Ericson v. Comm'r“if the court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that the complainant is sufficiently mature and well enough informed to decide intelligently whether to have an abortion, the court shall issue an order authorizing the complainant to consent to the performance or inducement of an abortion without the notification of her parents, guardian, or custodian.”
7 later decisions 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.