Berry v. Schmitt’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.3d 290 · 2012
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Steffel v. Thompson · Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. · Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National Union
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Three factors guide the ripeness inquiry: (1) the likelihood that the harm alleged by the plaintiffs will ever come to pass; (2) whether the factual record is sufficiently developed to produce a fair adjudication of the merits of the parties' respective claims; and (3) the hardship to the parties if judicial relief is denied at this stage in the proceedings.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the source of the injury is the state court decision, then the Rooker - Feldman doctrine would prevent the district court from asserting jurisdiction. If there is some other source of injury ... then the plaintiff asserts an independent claim”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.