Lopez v. Brewer’s Empirical Analysis
680 F.3d 1068 · 2012
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Turner v. Safley · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Mazurek v. Armstrong · Baze v. Rees
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[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 An the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should not be granted unless the movant , by a clear showing, carries the burden of persuasion”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We embark upon this opinion with déjá vu, the feeling that we have been here before, but with the knowledge that we will likely be here again____The actual procedures followed during individual executions have not been consistent... [and] there is uncertainty as to how the next execution will be carried out. The State continues to cling to its discretion, all the while urging us — during oral argument in the waning hours before execution — to trust that it will exercise its discretion in a constitutionally permissible manner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cook v. State
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.