Brown v. Buhman’s Empirical Analysis
822 F.3d 1151 · 2016
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1621 · 18 U.S.C. § 401 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 1746 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Roe v. Wade · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A suit becomes moot when the issues presented are no longer live or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome. No matter how vehemently the parties continue to dispute the lawfulness of the conduct that precipitated the lawsuit, the case is moot if the dispute is no longer embedded in any actual controversy about the plaintiffs’ particular legal rights. The crucial question is whether granting a present determination of the issues offered will have some effect in the real world. Put another way, a case becomes moot when a plaintiff no longer suffers actual injury that can be redressed by a favorable judicial decision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“applies where (1) the challenged action is in its duration too short to be fully litigated prior to cessation or expiration, and (2) there is a reasonable expectation that the same complaining party will be subject to the same action again.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“formidable burden of showing that it is absolutely clear the allegedly wrongful behavior could not reasonably be expected to recur.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.