Porter v. Clarke’s Empirical Analysis
852 F.3d 358 · 2017
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3626 (§ 20409 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994)
Relies on Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Powell v. McCormack · United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty · County of Los Angeles v. Davis
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a party should not be able to evade judicial review, or to defeat a judgment, by temporarily altering questionable behavior.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior could not reasonably be expected to recur.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a governmental entity's change of policy renders a challenge moot when the governmental entity 'has not asserted its right to enforce [the challenged policy] at any future time.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Michael T. v. Crouch
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.