Doe v. Obama’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) it has suffered an “injury in fact” that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (2) the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant; and (3) it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative, that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lane v. Holder · 88 F. Supp. 3d 580 - WTGD 105.1 FM v. SoundExchange, Inc.

2. “general factual allegations of injury resulting from the defendant's conduct may suffice, for on a motion to dismiss we presume that general allegations embrace those specific facts that are necessary to support the claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hutton v. Nat'l Bd. of Examiners in Optometry, Inc.

3. “The imminence requirement is 'stretched beyond the breaking point when, as here, the plaintiff alleges only an injury at some indefinite future time.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Heindel v. Andino