Barber v. Bryant’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “had legitimate reasons for choosing to retain the funds in his officeholder account and did not do so simply to manufacture standing. Cf. id. (stating that, in religious-display cases, personal confrontation' with the offending display must “occur in the course of a plaintiffs regular activities; it cannot be manufactured for the purposes of litigation”). Zimmerman testified that”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Zimmerman v. City of Austin · Christopher v. Lawson

2. “Because a preliminary injunction 'may only be awarded upon a clear showing that the plaintiff is entitled to such relief,' the plaintiff[ ] must make a 'clear showing' that they have standing to maintain the preliminary injunction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Texas v. United States · Speech First, Inc. v. Fenves

3. “'with the manner and degree of evidence required at the successive stages of the litigation,' " which means that "on a motion to dismiss, [they] must allege facts that give rise to a plausible claim of ... standing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Speech First, Inc. v. Fenves · Christopher v. Lawson