Veasey v. Abbott’s Empirical Analysis
870 F.3d 387 · 2017
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Southern District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · Green v. County School Board of New Kent County · Nken v. Holder · Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder · Mattern v. Eastman Kodak Co.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) whether the stay applicant has made a strong showing that he is likely to succeed on the merits; (2) whether the applicant will be irreparably injured absent a stay; (3) whether issuance of a stay will substantially injure the other parties interested in the proceeding; and (4) where the public interest lies.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Odonnell v. Goodhart“It would be premature to try and evaluate SB 5 as the existing voter ID law in Texas because there is no pending claim to that effect before the Court, which claim would place the burden of proof elsewhere-on the claimant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Veasey v. Abbott“has made a strong showing that th[e] reasonable-impediment procedure remedies plaintiffs' alleged harm and thus forecloses plaintiffs' injunctive relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Veasey v. Abbott
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.