United States v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
613 F.3d 1046 · 2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America · Flast v. Cohen · Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · Texas v. United States · Herb v. Pitcairn Belcher v. Louisville & N.R. Co
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A claim is not ripe for adjudication if it rests 'upon contingent future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“engaging in speculation or wasting their resources through the review of potential or abstract disputes.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“keeps federal courts from deciding cases prematurely”
1 later decision 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.