Roe v. Operation Rescue’s Empirical Analysis
919 F.2d 857 · 1990
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 20 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 132 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Max's Seafood Cafe Lou-Ann Inc v. Quinteros (1999), Temple University v. White (1991)
43 federal appellate · 20 district · 5 state decisions
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 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 402 · 42 U.S.C. § 1985 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Warth v. Seldin · Baker v. Carr · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
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 132 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“absolve himself of contempt liability by leaving the physical performance of the forbidden conduct to others.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“performing the act required by the court's order”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the court’s exercise of equity jurisdiction is proper. Second, the plaintiff must actually succeed on the merits of [his or her] claims. Third, the plaintiff must show that the balance of equities tips in favor of injunctive relief.”
2 later decisions 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.