In re Elliott’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · Walker v. Packer · McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission · Craddock v. Sunshine Bus Lines, Inc. · Victoria Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado, v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a lawsuit, cause of action, petition, complaint, cross-claim, or counterclaim or any other judicial pleading or filing that requests legal or equitable relief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If a legal action is based on, relates to, or is in response to a party's exercise of the right of free speech, right to petition, or right of association, that party may file a motion to dismiss the legal action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“once some substantive right of recovery is proven; i.e., the 'legal' remedy of money damages versus the 'equitable' relief of injunctions, specific performance, and the like.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.