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680 F.3d 1068 · 2012

Citation profile

27
cited by 27 later decisions
3
states following
March 2025
most recently cited

4 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions

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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. “[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
  2. “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
  3. “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 majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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