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Doe v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

772 F.3d 563 · 2014

Citation profile

33
cited by 33 later decisions
5
states following
April 2025
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 16912 · 42 U.S.C. § 16915a

Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Elrod v. Burns · Hudson v. Palmer · Grayned v. City of Rockford · Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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.

  1. “[A]nytime registrants want to communicate with a new identifier, they must assess whether the message they intend to communicate is worth the hassle of filling out a form, purchasing stamps, and locating a post office or mailbox. The mail-in requirement is not only psychologically chilling, but physically inconvenient, since whenever a registered sex offender obtains a new ISP or Internet identifier, he must go somewhere else within 24 hours to mail that information to the State.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[A] colorable First Amendment claim is irreparable injury sufficient to merit the grant of [preliminary injunctive] relief.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “consistently recognized the significant public interest in upholding First Amendment principles.”
    2 later decisions 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.