Abdullah v. Obama’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 19 district ·

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

1. “must establish [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 in the public interest.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Heart 6 Ranch, LLC v. Zinke · Chapman v. Heath

2. “'the movant has the burden to show that all four factors, taken together, weigh in favor of the injunction.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Chapman v. Heath · Dunlap v. Presidential Advisory Comm'n on Election Integrity

3. “clear showing that four factors, taken together, warrant relief: [1] likely success on the merits, [2] likely irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, [3] a balance of the equities in its favor, and [4] accord with the public interest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Shvartser v. Lekser