Matzke v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently November 2004
4 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 362 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 5 U.S.C. § 702 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 7 U.S.C. § 1981A
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · United States Accardi v. Shaughnessy · Hamilton Watch Co. v. Benrus Watch Co. · Lundgrin v. Claytor
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) substantial likelihood that the movant will eventually prevail on the merits; (2) a showing that the movant will suffer irreparable injury unless the injunction issues; (3) proof that the threatened injury to the movant outweighs whatever damage the proposed injunction may cause the opposing party; and (4) a showing that the injunction, if issued, would not be adverse to the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The purpose of a preliminary injunction is two-fold: it protects the plaintiff from irreparable injury and it preserves the court's ability to decide the case on the merits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Historically, the primary mission of the Farmers Home Administration has been to help farmers with limited resources become successfully established in agriculture. It also assists farmers with loans to keep them in business by refinancing, restructuring debts, and recouping losses caused by disasters.”
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.