Sherley v. Sebelius’s Empirical Analysis
644 F.3d 388 · 2011
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 103 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 1 (Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002) · 10 U.S.C. § 6253
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. Salerno · Lindh v. Murphy · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Reno v. Flores
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 186 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e read Winter at least to suggest if not to hold that a likelihood of success is an independent, free-standing requirement for a preliminary injunction.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“must establish [1] that he is likely to succeed on the merits, [2] that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, [3] that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and [4] that an injunction is in the public interest.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the movant makes an unusually strong showing on one of the factors, then it does not necessarily have to make as strong a showing on another factor.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.