710 F. Supp. 577 - Roe v. Operation Rescue’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Griffin v. Breckenridge · Doe v. Bolton · United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 610 v. Scott · Great American Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Novotny
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“physically abusing or tortiously harassing persons entering, leaving, working at, or using any services at any facility at which abortions are performed in the City of Philadelphia and metropolitan area.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Jane Roe v. Operation Rescue · Roe“trespassing on, blocking, obstructing ingress or egress from any facility at which abortions are performed in the City of Philadelphia or metropolitan area”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Jane Roe v. Operation Rescue · Roe“consisting of reasonably quiet conversation of a nonthreatening nature conducted by not more than two people for each person they are seeking to counsel, shall not be prohibited; (ii) no one is required to accept or listen to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.