Cressman v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions

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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact” — an invasion of a legally protected interest that is both (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical. Second, there must be a causal connection between that injury and the challenged action of the defendant — the injury must be “fairly traceable” to the defendant, and not the result of the independent action of some third party. Finally, it must be likely, not merely speculative, that a favorable judgment will redress the plaintiffs injury.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meier v. Chesapeake Operating L.L.C. · 561 F. App'x 661 - Turner v. National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.

2. “must accept all the well-pleaded allegations of the complaint as true and must construe them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bledsoe v. Vanderbilt · Meier v. Chesapeake Operating L.L.C.

3. “(1) it has suffered an “injury in fact” that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (2) the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant; and (3) it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative, that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bishop v. Smith