Ammond v. McGahn’s Empirical Analysis
532 F.2d 325 · 1976
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2024 · most notably University of Texas v. Camenisch (1981), Continental Group, Inc. v. Amoco Chemicals Corp. (1980)
21 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
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.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Powell v. McCormack · Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the alleged injury is imminent, whether that injury would be irreparable, whether the plaintiff is likely to prevail after trial on the merits, and the effect of granting or denying the preliminary injunction on the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“it does not matter that the damage claim might be said to be secondary or incidental to the claim for injunctive relief,”
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.