Kiser v. Reitz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an intention to engage in a course of conduct arguably affected with a constitutional interest, but proscribed by a statute, and there exists a credible threat of prosecution thereunder.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schickel v. Dilger · Roth v. City of Canton

2. “prudential ripeness” (citation and quotation marks omitted)). But see Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., — U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 1377, 1386 , 188 L.Ed.2d 392 (2014) (“[A] federal court’s obligation to hear and decide cases within its jurisdiction is virtually unflagging.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. King Street Patriots, Catherine Engelbrecht, Bryan Engelbrecht, and Diane Josephs v. Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, Successor to Boyd Richie, in His Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party John Warren, in His Capacity as Democratic Nominee for Dallas County Clerk And Ann Bennett, in Her Capacity as the Democratic

3. “[a]n allegation of future injury may suffice if the threatened injury is certainly impending, or there is a substantial risk that the harm will occur.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Roth v. City of Canton