Scott v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
612 F.3d 1279 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 527
Relies on Buckley v. Valeo · Elrod v. Burns · Texas v. United States · United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. · Davis v. Federal Election Commission
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether there is a substantial likelihood that the party applying for preliminary relief will succeed later on the merits; (2) whether the applicant will suffer an irreparable injury absent preliminary relief; (B) whether the harm that the applicant will likely suffer outweighs any harm that its opponent will suffer as a result of an injunction; and (4) whether preliminary relief would disserve the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“cannot be undone through monetary remedies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“repeatedly held that harms to speech rights “ ‘for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitute[ ] irreparable injury’” supporting preliminary relief. [Florida Businessmen for Free Enterprise v. City of Hollywood, 648 F.2d 956 ,] 958 [ (5th Cir.1981) ] (quoting Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373 , 96 S.Ct. 2673, 2690 , 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976)); see also KH Outdoor, LLC v. City of Trussville, 458 F.3d 1261, 1271-72 (11th Cir.2006); Let’s Help Fla. v. McCrary, 621 F.2d 195 , 199 (5th Cir.1980). “The rationale behind these decisions [is] that chilled free speech ..., because of [its] intangible nature, could not be compensated for by monetary damages; in other words, plaintiffs could not be made whole.” [Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Association of General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville, Florida], 896 F.2d 1283, 1285 (11th Cir. 1990).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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