National People's Action v. Village of Wilmette’s Empirical Analysis
914 F.2d 1008 · 1990
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably John Stephen Rowe Dr Jeffrey Lant v. Michele Shake Greg Hulse Craig Hanks (1999), Joelner v. Village of Washington Park (2004)
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Cantwell v. State of Connecticut · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Ward v. Rock Against Racism · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he district court must consider a number of factors in deciding whether to grant a preliminary injunction: 'Before a preliminary injunction will issue, the movant must show, as a threshold matter, that: (1) they have no adequate remedy at law; (2) they will suffer irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted; and (3) they have some likelihood of success on the merits in the sense that their”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When a court of appeals considers a preliminary injunction order, which should set forth the judge's reasoning under Fed.R.Civ.P. 65(d), the factual determinations are reviewed under a clearly erroneous standard and the necessary legal conclusions are given de novo review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he ultimate evaluation and balancing of the equitable factors is a highly discretionary decision and one to which this court must give substantial deference.”
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.