McCormack v. Herzog’s Empirical Analysis
788 F.3d 1017 · 2015
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1531 (Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Roe v. Wade · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Singleton v. Wulff · Griswold v. State of Connecticut
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“action that is not governed by clear or codified procedures cannot moot a claim[.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A presumption of good faith ... cannot overcome a court’s wariness of applying mootness under protestations of repentance and reform, especially when abandonment seems timed to anticipate suit, and there is probability of resumption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brown v. Buhman“could well impose criminal liability on activity that offends some people's sense of what is properly staffed and equipped or what arrangements are satisfactory, but may appear to others as more than adequate.”
1 later decision 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.